Creamy Apple Risotto With Bacon
Have you ever tried a combination of apples and bacon in a beautiful savoury dish? Our Apple Risotto recipe is here to show you how to make a delicious meal that's both unique and easy to prepare. With our step-by-step guide and plenty of helpful tips, you'll be whipping up restaurant-quality risotto full of subtle apple flavour in no time. Let's get cooking!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon neutral oil
- 1 brown onion finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove finely chopped or minced
- ½ teaspoon caster sugar
- 160 g risotto rice arborio or carnaroli
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 800 ml vegetable stock or chicken stock, hot
- 2 apples peeled, cored, cut into small ½ cm cubes and tossed with a little lemon juice
- 15 g butter
- 30 g parmesan finely grated
- 100 g bacon lardons or pancetta
Instructions
- Prepare the stock and keep it warm on low heat.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add the chopped onions and saute them on low-medium heat for 5-6 minutes until softened, but do not let them brown much.
- Add the garlic and risotto rice, increase the heat to medium and toast the rice until slightly translucent, for 1-2 minutes.
- Sprinkle the sugar all over the rice (skip sugar if your apples are very sweet , add the lemon juice and a small ladleful of stock and stir for a moment, until the mixture is absorbed into the rice.
- One ladle at a time, add the stock into the rice, stirring often. Only add another ladle when the stock is almost fully absorbed.
- In the meantime, cook the bacon in a separate frying pan, until brown and crispy. Set it aside for later.
- With the last ladle of stock, add the cubed apples and stir until the stock is almost absorbed.
- Take the risotto off heat, stir in half of the parmesan and the butter, cover the pan with a lid and leave it for 1-2 minutes.
- Scatter the crispy bacon on top, and serve with extra parmesan.
Nutrition
Calories: 753kcalCarbohydrates: 102gProtein: 18gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 59mgSodium: 2214mgPotassium: 472mgFiber: 8gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 1270IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 211mgIron: 4mg
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