Swiss National Day: Risotto alla Ticinese Recipe

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Grana Padano is a more affordable cheese with a similar flavor.

white wine

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic white wine

💰Cheaper: chicken broth

Chicken broth can replace wine for flavor without alcohol.

arborio rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: carnaroli rice

Carnaroli rice is often slightly cheaper and has a similar texture.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Margarine can be a less expensive substitute for butter.

Chop the onion, shallot, and garlic.

In a large skillet, heat olive oil and butter.

Add the chopped onion and sauté slowly without browning.

Take 100 grams of dried porcini mushrooms and chop them coarsely.

Add the dried porcini and the stems of the fresh porcini to the skillet.

Increase the heat slightly.

Do not add salt because the broth is already flavorful.

Toast the rice for about 1 minute, ensuring it is well toasted.

Deglaze with merlot wine and let it evaporate completely.

Once the wine has evaporated, add broth to cover the rice.

Stir and continue adding broth as it dries up, cooking for 16 minutes.

Meanwhile, sauté the caps of the fresh porcini in another pan with a drizzle of oil and a knob of butter until fragrant, adding a pinch of salt, half a clove of garlic, and some shallot.

After 16 minutes, check the rice; it should be al dente.

Stop the cooking and add about 100 grams of butter for the liaison.

Let it rest for a couple of minutes.

Finish the sautéed porcini with ground pepper and parsley.

Serve the risotto.

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