Risotto with pumpkin and mushrooms

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Prep Time: 30
Cook Time: 80
Serves: 1
medium
first courses
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Risotto with pumpkin and mushrooms

Delight your senses with our **Risotto with pumpkin and mushrooms**, a symphony of **autumnal flavors**. This **creamy risotto** is surprisingly easy to prepare and ready in just 110 minutes! A comforting, plant-based dish, perfect for any occasion.

Dietary Information

gluten-free
dairy-free
nut-free
soy-free
egg-free
fish-free
shellfish-free
sesame-free
vegetarian
vegan
plant-based
mediterranean-diet

Servings:

1
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. 1

    To prepare the pumpkin and mushroom risotto, first cut the pumpkin and remove the seeds and internal filaments 1. Divide it into 4 pieces and put each of them on a sheet of aluminum foil, season with oil 2, salt and pepper 3.

  2. 2

    Add, for each piece, the garlic in its skin and the sage 4. Close the aluminum foil 5 and cook in a static oven, preheated, at 230°C for 1 hour. Meanwhile, break the cleaned pleurotus mushrooms with your hands 6.

  3. 3

    Pour a drizzle of oil into a pan, add the garlic in its skin and the sage 7 and sauté over low heat. Add the mushrooms 8, turn up the heat, and brown them for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper 9.

  4. 4

    Remove the pumpkin pulp with a spoon 10 and transfer it to a bowl. Add a little water 11 and blend with an immersion blender 12 until you get a smooth puree. Set aside.

  5. 5

    Heat the oil in a pot, add the rice 13 and toast for a few minutes. Wet with water 14, season with salt 15 and continue cooking, adding a ladle of water each time the previous one is absorbed by the rice.

  6. 6

    Once you get halfway through cooking, add the pumpkin puree 16, stir 17 and complete the cooking. At the end add the oil 18.

  7. 7

    Season with salt and pepper 19. Add the mushrooms 20, keeping some aside for plating, and the chives 21. Stir for a few minutes.

  8. 8

    Plate, place the mushrooms on the surface of the rice 22 and complete with the chives 23. Your pumpkin and mushroom risotto is ready to be enjoyed 24.

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