Pecan, Sage & Blue Cheese Risotto
Although risotto is a staple of Italian cuisine, the flavours in this version are all-American: roasted sweet potatoes marry with blue cheese, fresh sage & toasted pecans to create a Stateside flavour sensation that blue cheese lovers will adore. Awesome! (Gluten-free, suitable for coeliacs.)
Ingredients for 2 people
You'll also need
Olive oil, Pepper, Salt (or dietary alternatives)
Cooking instructions
Instructions for 2 portion recipe.
Boil a kettle
Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ 425°F/ Gas 7
Cut the sweet potato[es] (skins on) into bite-sized pieces
Place the sweet potato on a baking tray, drizzle with 1 tbsp [2 tbsp] olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper
Put them in the oven for 30 min or until crisp
Meanwhile, dissolve the vegetable stock cube[s] with 800ml [1.4L] boiled water
Peel and dice the brown onion[s] finely
Peel and finely chop (or grate) the garlic
Add 1 tbsp [2 tbsp] olive oil to a large pan over a medium heat
Once hot, add the diced onion and a pinch of salt and cook for 3 min until soft but not coloured
Stir the arborio rice and chopped garlic into the softened onion
Add 1/3 of the stock and stir continuously with a wooden spoon until it's absorbed
Continue to add the stock a ladle at a time, stirring continuously for 15-20 min, until all the stock is absorbed and the rice is cooked
Meanwhile, add the pecans to the sweet potato tray and put it back in the oven for 5 min or until they have slightly darkened in colour
Chop the sage finely, including the stalks
Chop the toasted pecans coarsely
Add the sage and 3/4 of the roasted sweet potato to the risotto
Remove the cooked risotto from the heat and crumble in half [all] the blue cheese (save the rest for another time), stirring through until melted
Serve in bowls and top with the remaining sweet potato and chopped pecans
Enjoy!
Nutritional information
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Allergens
Allergens highlighted by † (celery, milk, nut, peanut, sesame).
In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
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