Autumn
is a perfect season to eat pumpkin. Lately I bought a piece of pumpkin and I
wanted to make a vegetarian dinner of it. I found a few recipes and I chose
something easy and quick. It was Pumpkin
Risotto. To make this dish you just need:
-a
piece of pumpkin(around 1 kilogram with a rind)
-one
glass of milk
-2
onions
-two
tablespoons of butter(30grams)
-salt,
pepper
-nutmeg
-rice(150-200grams)
-white
wine (one glass)
-broth
(1 liter)
First
you need to cut the pumpkin into 1cm pieces, put it into a bowl and soak the
pumpkin in the milk. The best if it soaks for 24h, but if you don`t have time
it might be less. Then you chop the onions and you fry them on the hot butter.
After around two minutes you add half the amount of cut pumpkin. You fry this
around 5 minutes than you put rice, you mix everything and you pour the wine. You
stir everything until it all dissapears into the rice. Then you start to pour the
broth. You pour a little bit, once the rice absorbs it, you pour a little bit
again. You have to stir the rice all the time so it wouldn`t overburn. After
around 15 minutes you put the rest of the pumpkin. You repeat the process of
adding broth until the rice is cooked. It can`t be too soft. Once the rice is
cooked you put the pan aside and you flavour the dish with salt, pepper and
nutmeg. You can also put a little bit of grated parmezan.
Bon appetit
