Pumpkin risotto

11/07/2024

Summer has ended: temperatures have dropped and days are already getting shorter. So why not bring a touch of color to the table with a dish that warms the heart? Pumpkin risotto is a traditional, delicious and never-boring dish that brings a cozy and convivial atmosphere to any meal. Paint your table with a touch of orange and let yourself be won over by its flavor and creaminess—you won’t be disappointed!

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Our Cesarina Chiara from Reggiolo has shared her recipe with us for preparing the most representative dish of this season: pumpkin risotto.

Pumpkin risotto

The perfect risotto with autumn's colors

DifficultyEasy

Preparation time20m

Cooking time50m

Servings4

€

CostLow

Ingredients

700/750 g Mantovana pumpkin
350 g Vialone Nano rice (from Mantua) or Carnaroli
Extra virgin olive oil, to taste
1/2 glass of dry white wine
1 shallot (half if large)
15/20 g butter
Parmigiano Reggiano, to stir in, to taste
1/2 celery stalk, 1 carrot, 1 yellow onion for the broth

Method

Clean the pumpkin and cut the flesh into small pieces.
Prepare the broth with celery, carrot, onion, pumpkin scraps (removing the seeds), and water to cover the vegetables. Cook until the water simmers and adjust the salt at the end of cooking.
In another pot, chop a small shallot (or half of a large one) and sauté it in extra virgin olive oil. Add the pumpkin and cook, adding a little broth until it becomes soft.
Season with salt or Bolognese brine; if you don’t have it, you can sauté the pumpkin with a sprig of rosemary and a couple of sage leaves (which should be removed afterward).
Toast the rice in a saucepan, then deglaze with 1/2 glass of white wine.
Cook the rice, adding broth gradually. After 5 minutes, add the slightly mashed pumpkin.
Continue cooking the rice, adding broth as needed.
Keep the rice al dente and stir everything in with the butter. Add Parmigiano Reggiano to taste, little by little.

This is the base of the dish, to which you can add Mantovan sausage (as shown in the picture), crumbled amaretti (to recall the flavor of the pumpkin tortello), or a reduction of balsamic vinegar.

Chiara

Pumpkin risotto

The perfect risotto with autumn's colors

DifficultyEasy

Preparation time20m

Cooking time50m

Servings4

€

CostLow

Ingredients

700/750 g Mantovana pumpkin
350 g Vialone Nano rice (from Mantua) or Carnaroli
Extra virgin olive oil, to taste
1/2 glass of dry white wine
1 shallot (half if large)
15/20 g butter
Parmigiano Reggiano, to stir in, to taste
1/2 celery stalk, 1 carrot, 1 yellow onion for the broth

Method

Clean the pumpkin and cut the flesh into small pieces.
Prepare the broth with celery, carrot, onion, pumpkin scraps (removing the seeds), and water to cover the vegetables. Cook until the water simmers and adjust the salt at the end of cooking.
In another pot, chop a small shallot (or half of a large one) and sauté it in extra virgin olive oil. Add the pumpkin and cook, adding a little broth until it becomes soft.
Season with salt or Bolognese brine; if you don’t have it, you can sauté the pumpkin with a sprig of rosemary and a couple of sage leaves (which should be removed afterward).
Toast the rice in a saucepan, then deglaze with 1/2 glass of white wine.
Cook the rice, adding broth gradually. After 5 minutes, add the slightly mashed pumpkin.
Continue cooking the rice, adding broth as needed.
Keep the rice al dente and stir everything in with the butter. Add Parmigiano Reggiano to taste, little by little.

This is the base of the dish, to which you can add Mantovan sausage (as shown in the picture), crumbled amaretti (to recall the flavor of the pumpkin tortello), or a reduction of balsamic vinegar.

Chiara

Pumpkin risotto

Pumpkin risotto

Ingredients

Method

Discover the autumn-flavored experiences by Cesarine

Let yourself be warmed by our autumn menus, designed to brighten your days. Choose one of our offerings and let our Cesarine pamper you!

Discover the autumn-flavored experiences by Cesarine

Let yourself be warmed by our autumn menus, designed to brighten your days. Choose one of our offerings and let our Cesarine pamper you!

Pumpkin risotto

Ingredients

Method