Mushroom Risotto with Thyme
A delight for meatless days
A thyme and mushroom risotto is simple to prepare. If you’re looking for something delicious for a meat-free day, this is your recipe! Risotto is an Italian dish that can be adapted according to our mood and taste. It works well with mushrooms, other vegetables (such as asparagus), and Italian ham as well. Risotto rice swells more; its rounded shape helps the starch release more easily, giving it a creamier texture. Give it a try!
Risotto is not like pasta that you simply boil and it’s done. It cannot be left unattended. It needs constant stirring and gradual addition of stock, and it can take up to 30 minutes until it absorbs the liquid and becomes tender. But the creamy risotto is worth the effort. An Italian friend once told me that making risotto is best in the company of friends: you open a bottle of wine in the kitchen and talk while stirring the risotto. I tried it once. It really is the best way to make risotto.
Mushroom risotto with thyme
Ingredients
- 300 g Arborio rice (or other risotto rice)
- 700 ml vegetable stock / vegetable broth
- 90 g red onion
- 150 ml dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon olive oil for sautéing
- 70 g butter unsalted butter or another high-fat butter
- 500 g white mushrooms
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
Instructions
- Finely chop the onion. Set aside. Clean the mushrooms and slice them. Set aside. Pluck the thyme leaves. Wash and dry them. Set aside.Measure out the ingredients and place everything near the stove so that you can work quickly.
- Sauté the onion in a tablespoon of olive oil, then add the measured rice. Stir continuously, and when the rice is completely heated through (touch it with the back of your hand to check), pour in the white wine. Stir and allow to evaporate completely.
- Once the wine has evaporated, add a little hot stock and stir. Cook by continuously adding hot stock as it evaporates from the rice, adding it with a ladle and stirring. Cook until the rice is tender, but do not overcook it; cook it al dente. This takes about 30 minutes. At the end, stir in 30 g of cold butter.
- Fry the mushrooms in a pan until red, by heating 40 g of butter, adding the mushrooms, salting and peppering them, sprinkling them with thyme and allowing them to release their juices, then letting the juices evaporate completely. Fry for a few minutes, then mix into the rice.
- You can also add a little grated Parmesan cheese and finely chopped parsley on top.
Calories and macros
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