Squash Risotto
I Love risotto. It is simple to make – for me, and I do not understand why chefs try to make it seem so difficult or out of reach. I use regular long grain rice and I have no problem with the rice releasing enough starch to make a creamy risotto.
These are my easy steps to make a creamy risotto with zucchini.
Ingredients:
3.5 cups boiling broth – I used vegetable stock made from bouillon cubes.
2 cups rice
1/2 a large onion – roughly chopped
A few cloves of garlic – roughly chopped
salt/ pepper
1) Cover the bottom of the pan (I use a Dutch oven) in olive oil and place it on the stove on medium high heat. Add the onion and stir to coat with oil. Continue to move the onion around so it does not burn or stick to the pan. Once the onion is soft and translucent add the garlic and stir until well coated with oil.
2) Add the rice and stir to coat with oil.
3) Continue stirring the rice to coat with the oil. I threw in a bay leaf for flavor.
4) When the rice has become translucent, turn the heat to medium and stir in half of the heated stock.
5) Continue to stir. Once the stock has been adsorbed, add the squash, and the remainder of the stock.
6) Stir constantly until the stock is absorbed.
7) The rice should begin to thicken and the squash should have softened.
8) My last step, once the remainder of the stock has been absorbed and the squash is cooked, is to add 1 cup of hot water. Continue to stir.
9) Once the water is absorbed the starch in the rice should have been released and created a creamy risotto. Salt and pepper to taste.
And with grilled corn and homemade buttermilk biscuits…its dinner!
You can add any vegetables you wish. Broccoli would be nice, as well as, cauliflower, too!
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Arthur in the Garden! 
You mean: green courgette risotto,…..yummmmmmmm! It looks tasty too! I love home-made risottos too! šš
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Yes. Courgette! I love the European names: zucchini = courgette, eggplant =aubergine
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Looks really good!
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Thanks! It really was!
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Looks delicious!
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Thanks! It was super delicious! š
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Yummy!
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You are right they do make it look “difficult” and I never tried it until you made it look easier to make than it sounds! This is on my list next week to try:-)
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Great!
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Easy!
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I like that your photo included a bit out of the biscuit š the presentation is perfect.
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Hehehe, Thanks!
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You make risotto sound very simple with your great photos and instructions. Do you use a particular brand or kind of rice because yours looks amazing.
Sam
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Thanks Sam. No, I used the cheap ol’ generic brand long grain rice and bouillon cubes for the stock. I am defiantly no food snob or elitist. I think the secret is stirring?
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It looks really yummy. I’d love to try making one too.
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It is so tasty!
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