Pumpkin Risotto Recipe For Gourmets

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You can find my new pumpkin risotto recipe in this post.

The preparation of the quick Italian rice dish is quick and easy.

I wish you good luck

1. Recipe Pumpkin Risotto

Here are the risotto step-by-step instructions with lots of photos.

You can find the cooking video and other tips after the recipe.

At the end of this page you can use the comment function to leave me a message or cooking question.

Pumpkin Risotto

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2

Calories 676

Total Time 40 Min.

Preparation Time 20 Min.

Cook Time 20 Min.

Simple instructions for preparing risotto with pumpkin.

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Ingredients

1/2	Piece	pumpkin
1	Cup	risotto rice
50	g	butter
4	Cup	Vegetable broth (I use more as needed)
4	Pinches	primal salt
4	Pinches	black ground pepper
2	Pinches	Cayenne pepper
4	Pinches	grated nutmeg
2	Pinches	brown cane sugar
100	g	grated parmesan
2	EL	roasted, salted pumpkin seeds
2	tsp	pumpkin seed oil

Instruction

Peel pumpkin

Peel the pumpkin with a knife and thinly remove the tough skin.

Deseed pumpkin

Halve the pumpkin and deseed it with a spoon.

Prepare Risotto

Cut the pumpkin, add to the pot with the rice and butter.

Sauté the rice and pumpkin for four minutes until colorless, stirring as you go.

Deglaze risotto

Deglaze the risotto with the vegetable stock and gently simmer for 18-20 minutes, stirring.

Prepare cheese

Finely grate the parmesan cheese.

Finish risotto

Check the doneness of the rice grains.

Season the risotto with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.

Add butter or optionally olive oil and mix until creamy.

Serve

Arrange the risotto on hot plates.

–> Decorate with pumpkin seeds

–> Sprinkle with a little cheese

Optionally, you can add a few drops of pumpkin seed oil.

Serve quickly, I wish you a good appetite!

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3. More Tips For Risotto With Pumpkin

For this rice dish you will find a summary of some tips here.

Easy to prepare:

–> We prepare rice and pumpkin at the same time and that works very well with the cooking time.

–> Please cut the pumpkin pieces thin and small accordingly.

Tastes great with any type of pumpkin:

–> Use Hokkaido, nutmeg or butternut squash

You can also add spinach to your rice dish :

–> Add the washed, trimmed spinach 3-4 minutes before the end of the cooking time and cook.

–> An alternative recipe is the pumpkin risotto with spinach .

Tips for decoration :

–> Sprinkle freshly roasted pumpkin seeds on the prepared risotto.

–> Drizzle pumpkin seed oil sparingly onto the risotto

–> Add finely chopped parsley, thyme and chervil.

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