Creamy Risotto Recipe | Smoked Cheese and Sausage Risotto

smoked cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: regular cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while maintaining flavor.

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey sausage is leaner, while ground beef is often less expensive.

Add 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil into a pan and allow the butter to melt.

Add diced onion and let them settle for a couple of minutes before adding the rice.

Add arborio rice into the onion and roast for 2-3 minutes before adding vegetable broth.

Start adding vegetable broth into the rice gradually, stirring continuously until the rice is halfway cooked.

Add black pepper to taste while cooking the rice.

Add Italian sausage to the rice and stir everything together, continuing to add vegetable broth until the rice is cooked.

After adding the last of the vegetable broth, cover the pan and let it sit on low heat for 2 minutes.

Remove the lid, stir the risotto, and then add smoked cheese and parmesan cheese, stirring until melted on low heat.

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