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What do you love having on rainy, gloomy days? I cooked some risotto today since the weather was pretty gloomy so I wanted something comforting. But I haven’t gone through the photos yet since I’ve been focusing on a lot of other things lately so here’s a throwback to these peppers stuffed with TOMATO AND BASIL RISOTTO ? will share the recipe below!
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Also, I’m starting my internship tomorrow so I won’t be having much time in the kitchen since I’ll be working from 10am-7pm ? but will try to keep you all updated on what I take to the office since I’ll be taking packed lunches of course!
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Tomato and Basil Risotto
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1/4 cup onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp oil
3/4 cup arborio rice (an essential)
1/4 cup dry white wine (optional but highly recommended!)
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp basil, chopped
1 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 cup sundried tomatoes
3 1/2 cups vegetable stock
1 tsp salt, or to taste*
Extra basil for topping *the seasoning of your risotto will depend greatly on your stock so if your stock is well seasoned, you’ll need to add minimal salt to the risotto
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1. Prepare your stock. I simply boiled around 4 cups of water then added in a cube of vegetable stock. You can opt to make your own stock by boiling leeks, celery, carrots, and onions with a generous amount of salt for 3 hours.
2. In a large pan/pot, heat the olive oil. Add in the onions. Sauté until tender. Add in the garlic.
3. Once cooked, add in the chopped tomatoes. Sauté for 2 minutes. Add in the arborio rice. Coat in the oil-tomato mixture well.
4. Pour in the white wine. Mix until it has been absorbed (the rice will turn a bit creamy). 5. Pour 1 cup of the stock to the rice. Add in the tomato paste, basil, and sun dried tomatoes.
6. On medium heat, continue to mix frequently until the rice absorbs the stock. Keep stirring until the rice absorbs the liquid.
7. Add another 1/2 cup of the stock. Mix frequently until it is absorbed. Repeat this step every 5 mins or so.
8. After 25 mins or so, rice should be perfectly cooked. Season with salt as needed.
9. Rice should still be chewy. If the risotto is dry, feel free to add in 1/4 cup of stock and mix well. Enjoy immediately!
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