RISOTTO CON RADICCHIO, GORGONZOLA, NOCI, E CREMA DI BALSAMICO
This is a true Italian winter favorite. The flavor and texture combination is enjoyable due to the tangy flavor of the Gorgonzola, sweetness of the walnuts, and the slight bitterness of the radicchio. The balsamic glaze simply takes it over the top! Buon appetito! This is excellent served with salmon.
Provided by Buckwheat Queen
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 47m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring vegetable stock to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat to low and keep simmering.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir carrot, celery, and onion until onion is translucent, about 2 minutes. Add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil; stir in rice. Cook and stir until rice is coated with oil and warm, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in red wine and stir until rice is coated and wine is absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour 1 ladleful of warm vegetable stock into the rice mixture; cook, stirring continuously, until stock is absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes. Continue adding stock, 1 ladleful at a time, cooking and stirring after each addition until liquid is absorbed and risotto is easily broken when chewed, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Stir radicchio, Gorgonzola cheese, and walnuts into risotto until cheese is completely melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Add more stock and cook until risotto is tender yet firm to the bite, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat and cover stockpot for 1 minute.
- Spoon risotto onto plates and top with balsamic glaze and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 965.8 calories, Carbohydrate 92.1 g, Cholesterol 49.4 mg, Fat 54.4 g, Fiber 5.7 g, Protein 23.3 g, SaturatedFat 13.4 g, Sodium 1453.3 mg, Sugar 8.2 g
RISOTTO WITH GORGONZOLA
This traditional risotto is a showcase for two of the great foods of Lombardy: the rice itself and Gorgonzola, the region's superb blue cheese. Here the cheese is more than a garnish (which I recommend in other riso recipes); it is the very essence of the dish. You blend in a generous half-pound of Gorgonzola just before serving, when the al dente risotto comes off the heat, to bring out the full flavor of the cheese, unaltered by cooking. This deserves a top-quality, genuine imported Gorgonzola, preferably not too piquant. I like sweet and creamy Gorgonzola Dolce, aged no more than 3 months. In Lombardy, chunks of fresh ripe pear are sometimes incorporated into risotto alla Gorgonzola. When pears are in season, it is easy to give the basic risotto this wonderful embellishment. Peel and cut ripe pears into about 2 cups of small cubes. When the rice is almost done, gently stir in the pears, and cook for just a minute. Turn off the heat, and finish the risotto with Gorgonzola and grana, as detailed below.
Yield serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the stock in a separate pot almost to the boil. Keep it very hot, near the risotto pan.
- Put the olive oil in the risotto pan, and set over medium heat. Add the onions and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are wilted and just starting to color, about 6 minutes. Add the rice all at once, raise the heat, and stir for a couple of minutes, until the grains are toasted (but not browned). Pour in the wine, and cook, stirring continuously, until nearly all of the liquid has been absorbed.
- Ladle in 2 cups of the hot stock, and stir steadily as the rice absorbs the liquid and begins to release its starch. When you can see the bottom of the pan as you stir, after 5 minutes or so, quickly ladle in another couple of cups of stock and the remaining teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until the stock again is almost completely absorbed, and then ladle in another cup or so of stock. Continue this process, and check the risotto for doneness after about 6 cups of stock have been added, at about the 15-to-20-minute mark. Add more stock if needed, and cook until the risotto is creamy but still al dente.
- Turn off the heat. Scatter the pieces of Gorgonzola over the risotto, saving a few spoonfuls for a garnish. Sprinkle over it 1/2 cup of grated grana, and stir both cheeses into the risotto until incorporated. Spoon into warm pasta bowls, scatter the reserved bits of Gorgonzola over the top, and serve immediately, passing more grated cheese at the table.
BEET RISOTTO WITH WALNUTS AND GORGONZOLA CHEESE
So delicious! I was skeptical of the beets, but they are very yummy in this dish, and the shallots and Gorgonzola help mellow them out. A neighbor gave us his CSA for the week when he went out of town, and this recipe was included with the farm newsletter.
Provided by libbysnax
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Top and scrub clean 1 bunch beets. Steam them until tender, run them under water, and then slip the skins. When cool, chop the beets into 3/4 inch cubes; you should have about 2 cups.
- In a small pan bring 5 cups unsalted chicken or vegetable stock to a near boil with 1 tsp sea salt.
- In a large pan over medium heat, warm 2 tbs olive oil with 1 tbs unsalted butter. Finely chop and add 2-3 shallots. Sauté until soft and clear, about 10 minutes.
- Add 1 1/2 cup Arborio rice, stirring frequently for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup stock and stir constantly until liquid is absorbed. Add more stock, about 1/4 cup each time. It should take about 20 minutes in all.
- Before the last ladle of stock is added, stir in 4-5 oz crumbled Gorgonzola and 1/3 cup walnuts.
- After the last bit of liquid is absorbed, add the chopped beets. Let risotto stand 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 572.8, Fat 26.3, SaturatedFat 9.3, Cholesterol 28.9, Sodium 1070.2, Carbohydrate 66.6, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 0.8, Protein 18.7
RISOTTO WITH GORGONZOLA, PEAR AND WALNUTS
Typical of Northern Italy, risotto is a great all-times classic. This rather exotic, but still traditional, version uses a combination of fresh/dried fruit, white wine, blue cheese and parmesan for a dish that's high in taste, contrast, texture and flavour. My guests love it, and they all try it out at home as it's so simple to...
Provided by Pierre Ley
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Put 1Tbsp butter and the olive oil in a large pan. Thinly slice the onion, and add it to the pan on a low heat. Don't wait for oil and butter to become too hot before you add the onion, as it might burn. If it becomes black, throw everything away and start over. Leave onion to soften.
- 2. When onion is soft, but not colored, add rice and turn heat on. Keep stirring the rice with a woodden spoon until slighty shiny and translucid. This operation is important. in Italian it's called "tostatura".
- 3. Add the wine. When it's evaporated, add the hot stock, little by little, and keep stirring your risotto. It needs to be always moist. When it dries up, add more stock.
- 4. After about 10 mins, add your pears, cut in chunks, with the skin on! this will add more color, flavour and texture. After a couple of minutes add the Gorgonzola. Keep adding stock until the risotto is perfectly cooked. This will take about 15 min from the moment you added the wine. if you run out of stock before the rice is done, no rpoblem: just add water (but make sure it's boiling hot).
- 5. When the risotto is cooked, turn the heat off. Now you can add the remaining butter, the walnuts, roughly chopped, and the Parmesan cheese. Stir vigorously for about half a minute, until risotto is creamy (but still al dente). This operation is called "mantecatura".
- 6. Check for salt and pepper, and decorate with walnuts and slices of pear. Serve with more grated Parmesan on the side.
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