Pumpkin risotto
Ingredients
- 750g butternut squash
- 1 head of garlic + 3 garlic cloves
- 10 sage leaves
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 shallots, diced
- 3 cups veggie stock
- 2 tbsp miso paste
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1½ cups arborio
- ¾ cup white wine
- ¼ cup vegan cream
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Steps
- Heat up the oven to 220°C and line a large baking tray.
- Dice the butternut squash into cubes and coat in olive oil. Season lightly and spread on the baking tray.
- Cut the top of the garlic off to expose the cloves, drizzle with ½ tsp of olive oil and wrap it in foil.
- Place garlic on the tray and put the in oven, remove the garlic at 20 mins. Leave the squash in until soft.
- Heat oil in the wok. Add sage leaves and allow them to crisp in the oil for 30-45 seconds then remove.
- Add diced onion to the oil. Fry for a little then add shallots. Cook until translucent then season with pepper.
- Warm up stock in a pot. Add a splash of stock with miso paste and nutritional yeast, mix until smooth.
- Once onion is translucent, add garlic and season again lightly, fry until fragrant.
- Mix in arborio rice and fry it off for a few seconds, stirring frequently.
- Next add wine and stir. Allow the wine to cook off completely before adding the first stock.
- Keep adding the stock in small amounts, until fully absorbed by the rice before adding more.
- Once pumpkin is out of the oven, in a blender add 1 cup of pumpkin, squeezed out garlic cloves and 1 cup of water.
- Blend until smooth. Then add it the rest of the stock.
- Once the rice is cooked, stir in some vegan cream and season and add a bit of lemon juice.
