Baked Risotto with Roasted Vegetables |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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Soft, creamy risotto topped with warm roasted vegetables makes a complete meal in a bowl. If you don't like the idea of standing at the stove and stirring risotto to a perfect consistency, this is the method for you. Thirty minutes in the oven and this risotto comes out cooked to perfection while you and your beloved wind down from your day. If you've made Roasted Winter Vegetables earlier in the week, you can reheat leftovers as a topping here. If not, roast a favorite combination {mine is winter squash, yellow onion, and tomato} in the oven with your risotto. Ingredients:
roasted winter vegetables |
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil |
1/2 onion, finely chopped |
3/4 cup/150 g arborio rice |
1/4 cup/60 ml dry white wine |
2 to 2 1/4 cups/480 to 540 ml hot water, homemade or packaged organic chicken broth, or a mix |
3/4 tsp kosher salt |
pinch of freshly ground black pepper |
1 to 2 tbsp unsalted butter |
1/4 cup/30 g freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, plus more for garnish |
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6. Roast the vegetables on a single baking sheet/tray on the top rack of the oven {the risotto will bake on the bottom rack}.
2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in an ovenproof saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until it is soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the rice and stir to coat with the oil. Stir in the wine and cook until the wine has evaporated, 1 minute more. Stir in 2 cups/480 ml of the hot water, salt, and pepper, and bring to a boil. Cover and transfer to the oven. Bake on the bottom rack during the last 25 minutes of roasting time for the vegetables. After 25 minutes, check the risotto. Most of the liquid should be absorbed and the rice just cooked.
3. Remove the risotto from the oven and stir in another 1/2 cup/120 ml hot cups of water, and the butter and cheese.
4. Serve topped with roasted vegetables with thin shavings of Parmigiano-Reggiano.
5. From The Newlywed Cookbook: Fresh Ideas & Modern Recipes for Cooking with & for Each Other by Sarah Copeland. Text Copyright © 2012 by Sarah Copeland; photographs copyright © 2012 by Sara Remington. Published by Chronicle Books LLC.
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