Recipe Details

Mushroom and pinenut risotto

Summary

Really easy to make and you can experiment with the ingredients - add butternut squash or any other type of vegetable.

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 150 g chestnut mushrooms
• 2 cloves garlic
• 25 g butter
• 200 g risotto rice
• 50 g pinenuts
• 150 ml ginger ale
• 1 tbs olive oil
• Bunch of parsley
• salt and pepper
• 600 ml stock

Method

Heat the oil and butter
Add the chopped onion, chopped garlic and pinenuts
Fry for 2 minutes or until soft.
Add the ginger ale and turn down the heat until all has been absorbed
Add the rice and then the stock (I like to add this bit by bit)
If it becomes dry then just add some more
Stir in the parsley and add some salt and pepper.
Serve up.