Vegetarian Recipes - Risotto with Pears Recipe

  
 

Risotto with Pears Recipe

 

Ingredients

 

Serve 4

  • 4 medium pears

  • 1 onion, finely chopped

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • 2 cups/400 g Italian risotto rice

  • 1 cup/250 ml dry white wine

  • 1 1/2 quarts/1.5 liters Vegetable Stock (refer recipe)

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

  • 3 oz/90 g Fontina cheese, diced

  • 4 tbsp pear liqueur

Method:

  1. Peel, core, and cube the pears. Sauté the onion in the butter in a large frying pan until softened.

  2. Stir in the rice and cook for 2 minutes. Add the wine and cook until evaporated. Add a ladleful of boiling stock and the pears.

  3. Continue adding stock, 1/2 cup (125 ml) at a time, stirring often until each addition is absorbed, until the rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. Add the Fontina and liqueur just before serving. Stir well and serve hot.