Creamy Broccoli Risotto with Leek
This Broccoli Risotto with Pancetta is the perfect creamy comforting dish to make on a cozy winter evening. It’s really impressive and absolutely delicious!
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- 1 pan with a wide, thick bottom
Ingredients
- 350 gr. Carnaroli rice
- 1 l hot broth
- 500 g broccoli
- 1 small onion
- 1 leek
- ½ glass of dry white wine
- 100 gr. pancetta in cubes optional
- extra virgin olive oil to taste
- salt to taste
For the mantecatura:
- 150 g soft cheese
Instructions
- First cut the broccoli florets, peel the stem and cut it into small pieces. Rinse under running water. Boil in boiling salted water for ¾ minutes.
- Heat the broth.
- Finely slice the white part of the leek. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add the leek and let it dry, adding a drop of hot broth if necessary.
- In the mixing bowl of the immersion mixer, put ¾ broccoli and the leek and roughly reduce.
- Fry the finely chopped onion with the oil in the pan used previously.
- Turn up the heat, add the rice, stir and let it toast for about a minute until the grains become shiny, stirring constantly. Deglaze with the wine and let it evaporate.
- Reduce the heat and cook the risotto by adding a ladle of broth and stirring, until the broth is absorbed.
- Keep adding the broth one ladle at a time, until the risotto is ready (this will take about 16/18 minutes, depending on the type of rice).
- Halfway through cooking add the broccoli cream, the broccoli florets and continue cooking.
- In the meantime, fry the bacon in a non-stick saucepan without seasoning until crispy. Add to the risotto.
- Once the risotto is ready, remove it from the heat, season with salt and pepper and add the cheese.
- Let it sit for a minute, to allow the cheese to melt, then mix everything well together.
- Serve your broccoli risotto.
Notes
Substitutions:
- Broth- instead of vegetable broth, you can use chicken or meat broth
- Butter - You can use oil; butter is generally preferred because, unlike oil, it contains a part of water, which keeps the temperature lower when toasting the rice, preventing it from "frying".
- Vegetarian - Pancetta can be omitted
- Vegan - the entire dish can be made vegan too if you use vegan butter and cheese and omi