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Offline KLC79

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Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto
« on: May 22, 2010, 01:56:39 pm »
Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto

Number of People:
4-6

Ingredients:
500-800g pumpkin, cubed and pre-roasted in oven (200 degrees, approx 40mins)
1 leek, white only, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic
350g arborio rice
50g olive oil
1L Water
2tsp vegetable stock
50g gorgonzola cheese

Preparation:
Place leek and garlic in TM bowl and chop for 5 seconds on speed 7
Add oil and saute for 2 minutes at 100degrees , reverse, soft speed
Insert butterfly
Add rice, water and stock and cook for 16 minutes at 100degrees, reverse, soft speed
Add half the rosted pumpkin, cook for 2 minutes at 100degrees, reverse, soft speed
Pour risotto into dish and stir through remaining pumpkin and gorgonzola cheese

Tips/Hints:

The gorgonzola in this dish makes the risotto very rich and creamy.

It is delicious served on it's own, though my new favourite way is to create a bed of the risotto and serve with a chicken breast that has been stuffed with pesto (TM), wrapped in prosciutto and baked in the oven, with rocket on the side. Hmm, great for dinner parties.

PS - I am only very new to TMixing and this forum but am loving every minute of my cooking and getting ideas from these boards, hope you enjoy my suggestion here




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Re: Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2010, 03:10:27 pm »
yum yum yum!!!!  ;D Love the idea of the chicken breast too  :)

Congratulations on your first recipe post too - you are on your way  :)
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Re: Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2010, 10:19:08 am »
Yum - sounds great.  Do you use the softer dolce style or drier piccante style gorgonzola for this ?
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Re: Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2010, 02:22:12 pm »
Hmmm I am new to gorgonzola, it was the first time using it but I think the dolce style, it was very soft (and expensive!)

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Re: Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 06:26:43 am »
Yes, sounds like the dolce style, and yes, it is expensive.  You could try something like blue Castello (think that is cheaper) or a soft blue
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Re: Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola Risotto
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 11:34:47 am »
Good thinking - thanks for the tip, I am sure in this kind of thing it woould work fine!