Recipes
Pumpkin risotto, amaretti and chèvre
Preparation time
Cooking time
Serves
Ingredients
Risotto
50 g golden shallot, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
20 g butter
1 cup risotto rice
1¾ cup chicken or vegetable stock
120 g reserved pumpkin puree, room temperature
100 g peeled butternut pumpkin, cut to 1cm dice
20 g unsalted butter, diced
Murray River salt flakes, to taste
Fresh lemon juice, to taste
To serve
60 g soft goats cheese, chèvre
4-6 store bought amaretti biscuits
Black pepper, cracked
Micro or small basil leaves
20 g butter
Pumpkin puree
500 g butternut pumpkin, peeled and cut into 2cm dice
25 g Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, freshly grated
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt flakes and white pepper, to taste
Method
Pumpkin puree
1. Place peeled pumpkin in a Perforated steam tray. Steam at 100ºC for 20 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft.
2. While still warm, puree the pumpkin with Parmigiano Reggiano, extra virgin olive oil and season to taste. Set aside.
Pumpkin risotto
1. Place golden shallot, garlic and butter in a Solid steam tray, season with salt flakes and Steam at 100ºC for 3 minutes.
2. Add rice, stock, pumpkin puree and diced pumpkin to the Solid steam tray. Steam at 100ºC for 18 minutes.
3. When cooked, add butter then cover and rest for 4 minutes.
4. Stir risotto to combine and emulsify all ingredients. Season to taste with salt flakes and lemon juice.
To serve
1. Top with a small amount of crushed amaretti, crumbled chèvre, basil leaves and cracked black pepper.
Hints and tips
- A variety of cheese could be used in place of chèvre. eg. gorgonzola, fetta, talleggio.
- Parsley, watercress or rocket could be substituted if basil is unavailable.
- Amaretti biscuits are a sweet Italian biscuit flavoured with almond.
- Using the Rapid Steam function on the Steam Microwave will reduce the cooking time for the rice. Steam at 300W + 100°C for 11 minutes.
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