cheddar risotto

Servings: 4 servings
Rating: 4
Difficulty: intermediate
Category: side dish
Total: 35 mins

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 small leeks or 2 large green onions (finely sliced)
  • 1 1⁄2 cups arborio rice
  • 1⁄2 cup white wine
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans hot chicken broth
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese (grated)
  • 2 tablespoons chives (chopped)

Directions:

To cook leeks:

  • Heat butter and oil in medium-sized saucepan over medium heat until butter melts
  • Add leeks
  • Cook for 5 minutes or until softened

To cook rice:

  • Add rice
  • Cook stirring for 1 minute
  • Increase heat to high
  • Stir in wine and mustard
  • Cook stirring for 4 minutes or until wine is absorbed
  • Add 1 ladle of hot broth
  • Cook for 5 minutes or until broth is absorbed
  • Repeat dding broth and cooking until rice is al dente (about 20 minutes)
  • Stir in cheese until it melts
  • Remove pan from heat still stirring
  • Spoon into warm dishes
  • Garnish with chopped chives

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