Mushroom & Cashew Risotto Rice

Try something little different for dinner with our tasty mushroom and cashew risotto rice!

If you love a real mushroom flavour add 1tbsp of dried forest mushrooms for an extra kick. But if mushrooms are not your thing and cheese is then try adding a mix of Parmesan and pecorino Romano freshly grated is ideal!

Ingredients

  • 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock 
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 
  • 450g field mushrooms thinly sliced 
  • 450g button mushrooms, thinly sliced 
  • 2 shallots finely chopped 
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice 
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine 
  • 1/3 cup cashews
  • 2 tsp fresh parsley roughly chopped
  • 2 tsp thyme freshly chopped
  • 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan bring stock to a simmer.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a wide, nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots and cook gently until just tender (about 3 minutes).
  3. Turn up heat and add field and button mushrooms. Cook, stirring, until they begin to sweat (about 3 minutes) then add garlic and thyme. Stirring, until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
  4. Season mushrooms with salt and pepper to taste and continue to cook over medium heat until they are soft.
  5. Add rice and stir until grains begin to crackle. Add wine and continue stirring, until wine is no longer visible in saucepan. Stir in enough simmering stock to just cover the rice. The stock should bubble slowly. Cook, stirring often, until stock is just about absorbed. Add another soup ladleful or two of stock and continue cooking, stirring gently and often. Continue adding more stock when rice is almost dry, for 15 minutes.
  6. Add cashews and continue adding stock and stirring for another 10 minutes. Rice should be tender all the way through. Taste now and adjust salt and pepper.
  7. Add another soup ladleful or two of stock to rice. Stir in parsley and Parmesan, and remove from heat. Season with black pepper and serve right away.
  8. Enjoy!

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