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Pumpkin Risotto Recipe For Gourmets
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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
Here he shares recipes, answers cooking questions and helps with cooking.
You can find my new pumpkin risotto recipe in this post.
The preparation of the quick Italian rice dish is quick and easy.
I wish you good luck
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1. Recipe Pumpkin Risotto
Here are the risotto step-by-step instructions with lots of photos.
You can find the cooking video and other tips after the recipe.
At the end of this page you can use the comment function to leave me a message or cooking question.
Pumpkin Risotto
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Servings 2
Calories 676
Preparation Time 20 Min.
Cook Time 20 Min.
Total Time 40 Min.
Simple instructions for preparing risotto with pumpkin.
Ingredients
| 1/2 | Piece | pumpkin |
| 1 | Cup | risotto rice |
| 50 | g | butter |
| 4 | Cup | Vegetable broth (I use more as needed) |
| 4 | Pinches | primal salt |
| 4 | Pinches | black ground pepper |
| 2 | Pinches | Cayenne pepper |
| 4 | Pinches | grated nutmeg |
| 2 | Pinches | brown cane sugar |
| 100 | g | grated parmesan |
| 2 | EL | roasted, salted pumpkin seeds |
| 2 | tsp | pumpkin seed oil |
Equipment
Instruction
Preparation step 1 
Hokkaido pumpkin peeling and cleaning
Peel pumpkin
Peel the pumpkin with a knife and thinly remove the tough skin.
Preparation step 2 
Halve and deseed the peeled pumpkin.
Deseed pumpkin
Halve the pumpkin and deseed it with a spoon.
Preparation step 3 
Put the pumpkin risotto in the pot and prepare it.
Prepare Risotto
Cut the pumpkin, add to the pot with the rice and butter.
Sauté the rice and pumpkin for four minutes until colorless, stirring as you go.
Preparation step 4 
Cook the pumpkin risotto in the pot with broth.
Deglaze risotto
Deglaze the risotto with the vegetable stock and gently simmer for 18-20 minutes, stirring.
Preparation step 5 
Finely grated Parmesan on the cutting board.
Prepare cheese
Finely grate the parmesan cheese.
Preparation step 6 
Finish the pumpkin risotto and mix with cheese and butter until creamy.
Finish risotto
Check the doneness of the rice grains.
Season the risotto with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.
Add butter or optionally olive oil and mix until creamy.
Preparation step 7 
Pumpkin Risotto Recipe Image © Thomas Sixt
Serve
Arrange the risotto on hot plates.
–> Decorate with pumpkin seeds
–> Sprinkle with a little cheese
Optionally, you can add a few drops of pumpkin seed oil.
Serve quickly, I wish you a good appetite!
Video
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2. Nutritional Values
3. More Tips For Risotto With Pumpkin
For this rice dish you will find a summary of some tips here.
Easy to prepare:
–> We prepare rice and pumpkin at the same time and that works very well with the cooking time.
–> Please cut the pumpkin pieces thin and small accordingly.
Tastes great with any type of pumpkin:
–> Use Hokkaido, nutmeg or butternut squash
You can also add spinach to your rice dish :
–> Add the washed, trimmed spinach 3-4 minutes before the end of the cooking time and cook.
–> An alternative recipe is the pumpkin risotto with spinach .
Tips for decoration :
–> Sprinkle freshly roasted pumpkin seeds on the prepared risotto.
–> Drizzle pumpkin seed oil sparingly onto the risotto
–> Add finely chopped parsley, thyme and chervil.
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Comments, Cooking Questions and Answers
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Hi Liam!
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I wish you a lot of fun while cooking. Get in touch again.
BR Thomas
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Hello Thomas,
Your risotto recipe is really great!
The photos are so beautiful and appealing.
The orange from the pumpkin is really fascinating.
The dish worked out great for us.
Thank you very much for the successful instructions Greetings from NY Liam