Name: Pesto and pork sausage risotto
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 large chicken stock cubes; 2 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil; 4 thin pork and fennel sausages; 1 medium leek, pale section only, thinly sliced; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 1 1/4 cup arborio rice; 1/2 cup dry white wine; 20 gram butter, chopped; 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan; 1/4 cup chunky basil pesto dip; 75 gram baby spinach leaves; 150 gram char-grilled red capsicum, sliced; 100 gram fresh ricotta, crumbled

Ingredients

2 large chicken stock cubes

2 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil

4 thin pork and fennel sausages

1 medium leek, pale section only, thinly sliced

2 clove garlic, crushed

1 1/4 cup arborio rice

1/2 cup dry white wine

20 gram butter, chopped

1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan

1/4 cup chunky basil pesto dip

75 gram baby spinach leaves

150 gram char-grilled red capsicum, sliced

100 gram fresh ricotta, crumbled

Method

Pesto andamp; pork sausage risotto

1.Place 1 litre (4 cups) water and crumbled stock cubes in a medium saucepan. Cover; bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low; hold at a gentle simmer.

2.Heat oil in a large saucepan over moderate heat. Add sausages; cook, turning, for 10 minutes or until cooked. Transfer to a plate. Slice sausages thickly. Add leek and garlic to pan; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until leek softens. Add rice; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add wine. Bring to the boil.

3.Add 1/3 cup of stock mixture; cook and stir until stock mixture is absorbed. Repeat with remaining stock mixture, adding 1/3 cup at a time, until all liquid is absorbed and rice is tender and creamy (this should take about 15-20 minutes).

4.Remove risotto from heat. Season. Stir in butter, parmesan, pesto, spinach, capsicum and sausages. Cook for 2-4 minutes or until spinach wilts. Serve risotto topped with ricotta.

If using pesto from the jar, add 1-2 tablespoons (or to taste). If fennel is in season, thinly slice 1 small bulb and add with leeks in Step 3 for extra flavour.
Note

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