Baked Pumpkin Risotto
Creamy rich risotto baked in the oven!
- Yield: Serves 4-6
- Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
- Cooking Time: 30 Minutes
- Original Recipe: Recipe Tin Eats
- Proven
Ingredients
- 50g unsalted butter
- 1½ cups arborio rice
- 1 onion, diced
- 600g pumpkin, diced into 1.5cm
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup dry white wine (or water or broth)
- 3½ cups vegetable or chicken stock/broth
- 2 tbsp sage leaves, roughly chopped
- ½ cup parmesan cheese, finely grated
- Salt & pepper
- 50g / 3 tbsp butter, salted
- 12 - 20 sage leaves
- Grated parmesan, to garnish
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180ºC.
- Melt 20g butter in ovenproof pot (preferably with a lid) over medium high heat.
- Add garlic and onion and cook until onion is translucent.
- Add chopped sage and cook for 1 minute.
- Add rice and stir so all the rice grains are coated with the butter and semi translucent.
- Add white wine and cook until the the liquid evaporates - about 1 minute.
- Add pumpkin and broth, stir. Let the liquid heat up but do not bring to simmer.
- Put lid on (or cover tightly with foil) and place in oven for 25 minutes, until rice is just cooked (firm but not raw) - don't worry if there's excess liquid. If rice is still uncooked, return to oven for 5 minutes.
- Add remaining butter and parmesan cheese.
- Stir vigorously until the pumpkin turns into a puree and blends into the risotto. If it's too thick then add a splash of hot tap water. Should have a porridge like consistency so it sags a bit when served (see video), rather than staying in a tall, firm pile.
- Spoon into serving bowls. Garnish with crispy sage, 1 or 2 teaspoons of brown butter and parmesan cheese. Devour immediately!
Crispy Sage:
- Melt butter in a small pan over medium high heat. Once foaming, add sage leaves and stir gently.
- Cook for 1 1/2 minutes or until crispy.
- Immediately remove sage onto paper towel lined plate and pour butter into a heat proof jug (butter should be brown by now).