Porcini Farro Risotto

Name: Porcini Farro Risotto
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 591 milliliters dried porcini, black trumpet, or mixed wild mushrooms; 473 milliliters semipearled or regular farro; 237 milliliters very roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 teaspoon About kosher salt; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters roughly chopped onion; 237 milliliters grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese; 10 sprigs thyme, leaves minced; 59 milliliters unsalted butter

Porcini Farro Risotto requires around 2 hours and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 10 servings with 296 calories, 9g of protein, and 13g of fat each. A mixture of parmigiano-reggiano cheese, kosher salt, very flat-leaf parsley, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It works well as a reasonably priced side dish. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

Bring dried porcini and 8 1/2 cups water to a boil over high heat, covered.

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Remove from heat and let sit 1 hour. Lift mushrooms from soaking liquid and chop coarsely; set liquid and mushrooms aside.

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Meanwhile, melt butter with oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat.

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Add onion, garlic, and farro and cook, stirring, until onion is translucent and farro turns toasty brown, about 7 minutes. Stir in 1 tsp. salt.

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Strain porcini soaking liquid through a cheesecloth-lined strainer into a bowl.

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Pour 1 cup liquid into farro and cook, stirring, until nearly absorbed, about 5 minutes. Repeat until all liquid has been used and farro is tender, about 1 hour.

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Stir in thyme, parsley, reserved porcini, and cheese, and cook another few minutes to meld flavors. Season with salt to taste.

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*Find semipearled farro at amazon.com, or use regular farro: Soak 1 hour in 2 in. of water to cover, then drain and cook as directed--except add all the liquid at once (no amount of stirring will make it creamy, so save yourself the trouble).

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Servings:

591milliliters

dried porcini, black trumpet, or mixed wild mushrooms 473milliliters

semipearled or regular farro 237milliliters

very roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley 1

garlic clove, minced 1teaspoon

About kosher salt 59milliliters

extra-virgin olive oil 118milliliters

roughly chopped onion 237milliliters

grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese 10sprigs

thyme, leaves minced 59milliliters

unsalted butter

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian works really well with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. One wine you could try is Spalletti Chianti Reserve Poggio Reale. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 23 dollars.