Description
This dish is very tasty, easy to make and is always enjoyed in our home.
Ingredients
- Butter
- Onion
- Garlic
- Dry White Wine
- Arborio Rice
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Ham
- Hot Chicken Stock
- Pumpkin
- Butternut Squash
- Zucchini
- Dried Basil
- Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-low heat
- Add onion and garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes until onion has softened
- Add the wine and cook until the liquid is reduced by half
- This should take 3-5 minutes
- Add rice, salt pepper and ham and stir to coat evenly
- Add 2 cups of stock and stir over medium heat until absorbed
- This should take 5-6 minutes
- Stir in pumpkin and zucchini
- Continue to add as much stock as needed, 1 cup at a time, stirring until rice is creamy and tender but still firm in the centre
- This should take 15-18 minutes from the time you add first stock
- Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter, basil and parmesan cheese