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RECIPE: Risotto with Green Asparagus
CATEGORY:
Vegetables
COUNTRY: Italy
SERVES: 6 - 10
INGREDIENT: 1 pound green asparagus, 1
pound Arborio ( Italian ) rice, 2 ounce butter, 1 small onion finely
chopped, 1 ounce grated parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup white wine, salt &
pepper to taste.
DIRECTION: Clean asparagus and blanch
them in lightly salted boiling water, save the water for the rice. cut 3
inches off asparagus tips & split them in half, chop the rest of the
asparagus. Fry onion lightly in 1oz butter, add rice & let it brown
slightly, add wine, two cups of the asparagus water for each cup of rice,
add chopped asparagus. let rice cook stirring constantly, if necessary add
more water. when the rice is cooked, add salt & pepper to taste, add
rest of butter,
garnish with asparagus tips and cheese. serve.
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