Good Cheap Wine Guide

Dirty Risotto

from:Giada De Laurentiis, Giada’s family dinners

Serve to Guests!

This is an AWESOME restaurant quality meal!

Ingredients:

5 cups reduced sodium chicken broth

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 ounces pancetta, chopped

6 ounces spicy italian sausage, casings removed (we use turkey sausage too)

3/4 cup finely chopped onion

1 cup chopped red bell pepper

4 ounces button mushrooms, trimmed and coarsely chopped

1 1/2 cup arborio rice

3/4 cup dry white wine

(buy a white wine you want to drink, you only need 3/4 cup for the recipe)

1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Bring the broth to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Cover the broth and keep hot over low heat.

In a large heavy saucepan, melt the butter over med heat. Add the pancetta and sausage and saute until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms and saute until tender, about 8 minutes, scraping up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the rice and stir to coat with the oil. Add the wine and simmer until the wine has almost completely evaporated, about 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup of the simmering broth and stir until is is almost completely absorbed, about 2 minutes. Continue cooking the rice, adding the broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly and allowing each addition of broth to absorb before adding the next, until the rice is tender but still firm to the bite and the mixture is creamy, about 25 minutes total. Remove from the heat. Stir in the parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Transfer the risotto to a serving bowl. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.

We have yet to serve this that people don’t go, “WOW!” Lot’s of other good recipes in the book. (At the dinner table, we do not give Giada any credit.)