Daily Unadventures in Cooking

A risotto with red wine and mushrooms, plus what is the purpose of wine in risotto?

You can certainly not call risotto a light dish, but when you jazz it up with fresh spring vegetables, mint and lemon this is as fresh as it gets.

Caramelized Brussels sprouts and sauteed earthy mushrooms brighten up this classic risotto.

The flavour of caramelized leeks is sweet, nutty and subtle. After trying caramelized leeks a few weeks ago them I knew there was a risotto with caramelized leeks in my future. There aren’t that many leek recipes out there, but I can’t believe I have waited this long to make a leek risotto. When I [...]

I think fried crispy sage is one of the best flavors in the world. It is a classic pairing with winter squash and it works beautifully in this risotto. The first time I had fried sage was when I made a butternut squash ravioli and topped it with a brown butter and sage sauce. I [...]

Considering that risotto is by far one of my favorite dishes to make I can’t believe I have never made a risotto with butternut squash before – especially as it seems to be one of the more popular varieties. However since it is one of the more common varieties I wanted to punch it up [...]

I just can’t help wanting to make creamy comfort foods this time of year. So when I picked up Jaime’s Italy and saw all the neat risotto ideas I was sold. I made this with a few of my girlfriends as part of my birthday celebration and it was great fun. I had lots of [...]

My most favorite thing to eat, the thing that I will always choose if I see it on a menu, is risotto. Unfortunately my passion for eating risotto sometimes leads to the consumption of bland and badly cooked restaurant meals. I think that the proper way to have risotto is in the comfort of your [...]

The title doesn’t grab you does it? It didn’t really grab me either – at first. However, I am eager to try any Marcella recipe and I have soft spot for risotto so I gave it a shot. This is actually the second time I have made it now. I really enjoy the smokey flavor [...]

With fall comes the rain and with the rain comes the need for comfort food. Of course, really I eat it all year long but now I have an excuse. From that came this warm and cozy vegetable risotto. It was an inspiration based on what was in my fridge but I will definitely make [...]

Risotto is one of my ultimate comfort foods. My mum has been making it since I was little and I am famous for being able to recognize the starting smells of it – the onions and garlic sauteing. This was inspired by beautiful fresh oyster and shitake mushrooms at my local asian supermarket. I also [...]