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Wild mushroom risotto without the panic

Carnaroli or arborio rice with porcini-boosted stock and properly seared mixed mushrooms, finished with butter and parmesan.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: italian, mushroom, panic, recipe, risotto, wild, without
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 520kcal

Ingredients

  • 320 g arborio or carnaroli rice
  • 20 g dried porcini mushrooms
  • 400 g mixed fresh mushrooms swiss brown, shiitake, oyster, torn
  • 1.2 L hot chicken or vegetable stock
  • 1 small brown onion finely diced
  • 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 150 ml dry white wine
  • 50 g butter split in two halves
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 80 g grated parmigiano reggiano
  • 4 sprigs thyme leaves picked
  • salt, black pepper, squeeze of lemon

Instructions

  • Cover dried porcini with 200 ml boiling water. Leave 15 minutes. Chop roughly. Strain soak water through paper towel into the hot stock.
  • Keep stock barely simmering on a back burner throughout.
  • In a wide pan, heat 1 tbsp olive oil and 25 g butter over high heat. Add fresh mushrooms in a single layer. Sear 2 minutes, toss, cook 4 to 5 minutes until deep brown. Season with salt, pepper, half the thyme. Remove.
  • In a heavy saucepan, soften the onion in remaining olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add garlic, stir 1 minute.
  • Add rice. Stir 2 minutes until glossy and toasted.
  • Pour in wine. Stir until absorbed, 2 minutes.
  • Stir in chopped porcini.
  • Add hot stock one ladle at a time, stirring regularly. 18 to 22 minutes total until rice is tender with a fine white pinprick at the centre.
  • Stir fresh mushrooms through in the last 2 minutes.
  • Off the heat, beat in the remaining 25 g cold butter and all the parmesan. Squeeze of lemon.
  • Loosen with a splash of hot stock if needed — it should ripple when you tap the pan.
  • Serve immediately in warm bowls with reserved mushrooms on top, remaining thyme, extra parmesan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 520kcal