Friday, August 14, 2009

zucchini risotto

risotto is not as hard as everybody says it is. plus: it's totally yummy.

ingredients:
  • 1 onion, coarsly chopped
  • 3 tbs butter
  • 3 small/medium zucchini (you can use one huge one, but smaller ones have better flavor), cubed
  • 1 cup rice
  • 4 cups chicken/veggie broth
  • 2 cups water
  • about 1/2 cup of scratch cheese (more or less to taste)
  • sea salt & fresh ground pepper

prep:

  • bring your water & broth to a boil (i generally heat it a cup at a time in the microwave because i like to keep the dishes to a minimum for bill)
  • chop onion (i chop it coarsely, but i do everything coarsely because i am a delicate lady flower, but the recipe said finely.)
  • reserve 1 tbs butter

actual cooking:

  • heat 2 tbs butter in a large skillet
  • saute onion until lightly browned
  • add zucchini
  • (salt & pepper it now for even flavoring)

  • add rice and stir

  • add one cup of boiling liquid
  • reduce to simmer

  • allow liquid to be absorbed
  • repeat until all liquid is gone
  • remove from heat
  • add reserved butter
  • add scratch cheese

we eat this for dinner about once a week. it takes longer than i like a weeknight dinner to take-- about forty-five minutes-- but is so totally worth it. i've served it as a side dish as well... but i'm pretty sure i skipped the main course in favor of it. oh! and this recipe makes a nice dinner for four or a huge dinner for two with leftovers.


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