Red wine and mushroom risotto

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 ounce Porcini mushrooms; dried
2 cups Boiling water
1½ pounds Mushrooms; cremini or white
6 tablespoons Unsalted butter
5½ cup Chicken broth
6 ounces Pancetta; 1/4 inch thick
1 cup Onion; chopped fine
1 tablespoon Fresh rosemary; chopped fine
1 tablespoon Fresh sage; chopped fine
3 cups Arborio rice
2 cups Dry red wine; * see note
3 tablespoons Fresh parsley; chopped fine
1 cup Parmesan cheese; freshly
Grated
Garnishes
Parmesan curls
Fresh rosemary sprigs

Directions

Recipe by: Gourmet, March 1996 *NOTE: Rosso di Montalcino wine works well.

In a small bowl, soak porcini in boiling water 30 minutes. Pour soaking liq through a fine sieve lined with a dampened paper towel or coffee filter int bowl and reserve. Wash porcini under cold water to remove any grit and pat Chop porcini fine.

Chop fine ¼ pound cremini or white mushrooms (about 1-½ cuos) and reser Depending on size, halve and/or quarter remaining 1-¼ pounds cremini or w mushrooms, and in a large heavy skillet cook in 4 tablespoons butter with s and pepper to taste over moderate heat, stirring, until tender, 5 to 10 min Remove skillet from heat and reserve mushrooms in skillet. (They will be re just before serving.)

On a large sauce pan heat broth and keep at a bare simmer.

In a 5- to 6-quart heavy saucepan, cook pancetta over moderate heat, stirri minutes. Add reserved finely chopped cremini or white mushrooms, remaining tablespoons butter, onion, rosemary, sage, and salt and pepper to taste and stirring until onion is softened. Stir in rice and cook, stirring, until co well with fat, about 1 minute. Add 1 cuop wine and cook, stirring constantl until absorbed. Add remaining cup wine and cook, stirring constantly, until absorbed.

Add 1 cup simmering broth and cook, stirring constantly, until absorbed. Co cooking and adding broth, ½ cup at a time, stirring constantly and lettin each addition be absorbed before adding next, until rice is tender and creamy-looking but still al dente, 20 to 25 minutes.

About half way through cooking, add reserved porcini soaking liquid and cho porcini, stirring constantly until liquid is absorbed, and continue cooking adding broth in same manner.

During last few minutes of cooking, reheat reserved cremini or white mushro skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until hot, and stir in parsley and sa pepper to taste. Stir grated Parmesan and salt and pepper to taste into ris Serve risotto immediately, topped with cremini or white mushrooms and garni with Parmesan curls and rosemary sprigs. Serves 6.

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