How to cook mushroom risotto?

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Practically in all regions of distant sunny Italy they prepare fragrant risotto with champignons. In addition to rice and mushrooms, aromatic herbs, chicken, seafood, various fresh vegetables, good dry wine or cream are added to it. In today's post you will find some interesting recipes for this nutritious and incredibly tasty dish.

Smoked bacon version

With the technology described below, you can relatively quickly make a delicious lunch or dinner, which is ideal for special occasions. This mushroom risotto is prepared from simple and easily accessible ingredients that you can buy at any store. Before starting the process, be sure to check if your kitchen has:

• A half kilo of rice.
• A couple of glasses of water.
• 250 grams of fresh mushrooms.
• 5 cups uns alted chicken broth.
• 4 strips of smoked bacon.
• Small leek (light green and white part).
• 30 grams of butter.
• A couple of cloves of garlic.
• Onion bulb.
• ¼ cup of dry white wine.
• Teaspoon of s alt.
• ½ cup grated Parmesan.
• ½ teaspoon ground pepper.
• Vegetable oil, fresh parsley and thyme.

Sequence of actions

After making sure that you have at hand all the products you need to make risotto with champignons, the recipe with a photo of which will be presented in today's article, you can start the process. Pour water and chicken broth into a saucepan. After that, the vessel is covered with a lid and sent to the stove, making sure that the liquid in it heats up, but does not boil.

In a separate stewpan, at the bottom of which there is already a little vegetable oil, spread the sliced \u200b\u200bmushrooms and fry them until soft. Ready champignons are sent to a clean plate and put aside. Bacon pieces are added to the empty stewpan. As soon as it is browned, it is also transferred to a clean dish, and two types of chopped onions, thyme greens and chopped garlic are sent in its place. All this is cooked for about three minutes, and then covered with washed and dried rice. Almost immediately after that, white wine is poured into the saucepan. As soon as it is absorbed into the cereal, hot chicken broth is gradually added there. The almost ready dish is removed from the burner, s alted, peppered, seasoned with butter and grated parmesan. At the very end, friedpreviously mushrooms. Everything is mixed well, laid out in portioned plates, decorated with bacon and served at the dinner table.

Cream variant

This recipe produces a very fragrant and tender risotto with mushrooms. Mushrooms go well with rice and creamy sauce, so you can serve this dish not only for an everyday family dinner, but also for the arrival of guests. It is prepared from readily available budget components, most of which are always available to every prudent housewife. This time in your arsenal should be:

• 200 grams of Arborio rice.
• 500 ml ready stock.
• 400 grams of fresh mushrooms.
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil.
• Onion bulb.
• 100 milliliters of heavy cream.
• Medium carrot.
• 50 grams of butter.
• A clove of garlic.
• 150 ml dry white wine.
• S alt and allspice.

Process Description

Cooking risotto with champignons can be conditionally divided into several simpler steps. First, in a frying pan, greased with heated sunflower oil, spread finely chopped onions, carrots, chopped on a grater, and fry them together with chopped garlic. As soon as the vegetables acquire a light golden hue, champignon plates are added to them.

Pre-washed and dried rice is fried in a separate frying pan. After five minutes, it is poured with wine and simmered over minimal heat,don't forget to stir occasionally. After the alcohol has completely evaporated, hot broth is gradually added to the rice. As soon as it swells, an onion-mushroom mass is sent to it and poured with cream. All mix well and leave to stew over low heat. After about fifteen minutes, the finished risotto with mushrooms and cream is laid out on plates and served. If desired, it is decorated with sprigs of fresh herbs.

Vegetable option

This simple and flavorful dish is sure to be appreciated by those who follow a vegetarian diet. It consists of a large number of vegetables, and therefore it turns out not only incredibly tasty, but also extremely useful. This champignon risotto is prepared very quickly and simply. In order not to complicate the task before you, check in advance whether you have on hand:

• 120 grams of green beans.
• 500 milliliters of broth.
• 200 grams of mushrooms.
• Large ripe tomato.
• 200 grams of starchy rice.
• Medium carrot.
• 60 grams of parmesan.
• Onion bulb.
• Olive oil, s alt and fresh parsley.

Cooking technology

In a frying pan, on the bottom of which a little vegetable oil has already been poured, chopped onion is fried. As soon as it acquires a pleasant golden hue, a pinch of s alt, chopped beans and carrot cubes are added to it. All mix well and stew under the lid.

After a quarter of an hour, washed and dried rice is added to the vegetables. All this is poured with broth, brought to a boil and left to boil. As soon as all the liquid has evaporated from the pan, the peeled tomato is added to it and stewed for about ten more minutes. Ready risotto with champignons and vegetables is laid out in portioned plates and sprinkled with grated parmesan. Before serving, it is decorated with sprigs of fresh parsley.