Spring Pea Risotto

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Spring Pea Risotto

This Spring Pea Risotto dish is the perfect transitional meal for summer, with the rich, Italian-style, comforting feel of a buttery and cheesy risotto.

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Ingredients

  • 1lb Arborio rice
  • 3 tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 oz. butter
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 glass dry white wine
  • 1 qt. vegetable or chicken broth
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • I bag of frozen peas
  • 4 tbsp of grated parmesan
  • 3 tbsp of mascarpone cheese (optional)
  • bunch of spring pea shoots (garnish)

Instructions

  1. Sauté chopped onions in olive oil and butter until golden brown
  2. Add rice and stir for 2 minutes
  3. Add wine and stir until it evaporates
  4. Add warm broth until rice is covered
  5. Let simmer and cook and stir adding broth every time broth is almost completely absorbed by the rice
  6. Add in bag of peas and let cook
  7. When rice is cooked and broth is almost completely absorbed, remove from the heat
  8. Add some grated off
  9. Stir until the risotto reaches a creamy consistency
  10. Garnish with pea shoots

Variation Add 3-4 slices of bacon sautee for 2 minutes before adding broth for added flavor

Donatella Arpaia

Donatella Arpaia is a chef, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and mother. She has built an empire of successful restaurants drawing on the skills, passion, methods, and love for food she learned from her family.

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