Recipe
Risotto Primavera
Tags: tomato, rice, asparagus

Ingredients

  • For the rice:
  • 5 to 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small minced onion
  • 1 ½ cups arborio rice
  • 3 tbsp butter at room temp
  • ⅔ cup freshly grated Parmesan
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • For the vegetables to be added half way through the rice cooking time:
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 cup thinly sliced shiitake mushroom caps
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped onion
  • 2 small zucchini, cut into ¼ inch dice
  • 6 asparagus cut in ½ inch segments
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 2 medium plum tomatoes, diced
  • 1 medium leek, white part only, cleaned and diced.
  • ½ tsp. basil
  • ¼ tsp. oregano
  • Salt and pepper to taste.