Mushroom and Sausage Risotto
Creamy risotto made with arborio rice, portobello mushrooms and crumbled Italian sausage.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 cups Arborio rice
- 400 grams Portobello mushrooms
- 2 whole Italian sausages
- ½ whole Onion
- 32 oz Vegetable broth
- 4 sprigs Parsley
- 2 tbsp Butter
- Black pepper as needed
- Salt as needed
Instructions
Ingredient Prep:
- Chop the onion into small pieces.
- Chop the mushrooms into thin slices.
- Finely chop the parsley into fine pieces.
- With a knife, make an incision in the sausages and peel off the skin. Chop the sausage into small pieces for cooking later.
Cooking:
- In a large pot, add the vegetable broth and 4 cups of water and cook until the broth begins to boil.
- In a frying pan, add the olive oil and onions and cook on a medium-high heat until the onions begin to melt.
- Add the sliced mushrooms and stir well. Add a 1/2 cup of water and cover with a lid.
- Cook the mushrooms for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid burning.
- Add the chopped sausage to the mushrooms and mix well.
- Cook for another 5 minutes or until the sausage is completely cooked.
- Heat another clean frying pan on a medium-high heat and add the butter.
- Once the butter is completely melted, add the arborio rice and mix well. The goal here is to slightly toast the rice before we begin cooking.
- Once the rice has turned a golden color, began to add the broth to the rice until it slightly covers the rice.
- Stir the rice and broth often.
- Add the sausage and mushroom mix to the rice and stir well.
- Cook the rice for 20 minutes while constantly adding broth and mixing the rice.
- Add salt and pepper to the rice to your liking.
- Once the 20 minutes is up, you will see that the rice has gained a creamy texture. Taste the rice and make sure that it has cooked all the way through. If need be cook for additional time.
- Add the chopped parsley and mix in well with the risotto.
- Grate some Parmiggiano Reggiano cheese on top and plate it up to your liking. Buon Appetito!
