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Mushroom and Mint Risotto


I promise this is the last risotto you will hear about, for a while. But this was too good not to share. This was the first time I made a risotto with homemade mushroom stock rather than the cubes and let me tell you this, the difference is mindblowing.

I heated 1 1/3 cup of the mushroom stock I'd made the day before and left it at a low simmer. In a pan, I heated a tsp of olive oil and sauteed 8-10 mushrooms, chopped into thin slices for a couple of minutes. Added 1/3 cup of arborio rice and stirred for a bit to coat it with oil. Poured in a glug of white wine. When the wine dried off, I added 1/2 cup of stock. It simmered away at a medium heat and I continued to add more stock, 1/3 cup at a time until the rice was done. With the last addition, I also added salt.

Once the last instalment of stock had dried, I took the rice off the heat and poured it into a serving dish. Then topped it with parmesan, fresh ground pepper and mint leaves. Earthy, cheesy, minty - rice this flavorful is hard to find.
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Spice said…
Love mushrooms,basically anything made out of it, it's kind of a staple in my fridge, and no doubt about home made stock. But as far Risotto is concerned never made one, why ? don't know,U seem to be big fan of Risotto. Receipe sounds tasty. BTW thanks Simran for visiting my blog, actually at that time i was just trying to start the blog but then it was on a halt for almost 6 weeks.Hopefully now things will go smooth.Phir milde hann.
October 8, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Priya Suresh said…
Wat a delicious and aromatic risotto, just drooling rite now here..
October 8, 2009 at 3:05 AM
chef and her kitchen said…
lol,the way u explained made me hungry..that looks just perfect dear..
so started using ur khazana of groceies?
October 8, 2009 at 10:52 AM
suvi said…
no, keep them coming. I love risotto. Maybe because you need to add some wine to it - the rest...sip sip and finish :)
October 8, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Suganya said…
Risotto looks perfect. Nice picture. YUM!. Mushroom and mint sound so unique.
October 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Vijitha said…
Lovely risotto! Nice pic too!
October 10, 2009 at 12:38 AM
CurryLeaf said…
Missed the risotto Simran,Very aromatic what with the mushroom stock and mint.Great recipe
October 23, 2009 at 7:39 PM
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