My adaptation of Straight From the Farm's Perfect Pumpkin Risotto http://straightfromthefarm.net/2010/01/22/perfect-pumpkin-risotto/

1. Tweak Your
Food!
Chiara Ojeda

2. Pumpkin Risotto

3. For thePumpkin Risotto
pumpkin, you need...

4. 1; ripe and cubed 1 large or 2 small
1/4 tsp.
1/4 tsp.
1/2 tsp.
pinch
(white pepper) 2 tsp. 1/4 tsp.

5. Pumpkin Two Ways
1. Pre-heat oven to 400.
2. Roast 1 halved, cored pumpkin; puree.
3. Peel, cube, and toss the other in:
1/4 tsp. rosemary
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt and 1 pinch white pepper
2 tsp. olive oil
1 finely cubed pear

6. Pumpkin puree

7. Roasted pumpkin

8. Fo r the risotto, you need...

9. 1 cup
1/2 cup
3 cups 1 1/2 cups
3 tbsp.
1/2 cup
1/2 tsp
+ 1 sprig 1/4 tsp
1/2 cup, diced 1 1/2 cups 1/4 cup

10. Preparing the risotto
Ingredients
3 cups stock 1 1/2 cups of pumpkin
(vegetable or chicken) puree,
3 tbsp. butter 1 cup roasted pumpkin
1/2 cup of onion, 1/2 cup of parmesan
diced cheese
1 1/2 cups arborio 1/4 cup of heavy
rice cream
1/2 cup white wine salt and pepper
1/2 tsp. chopped
Pepitas (optional)
rosemary
1/4 tsp. nutmeg 1 sprig rosemary

11. Preparation
1. Heat the stock in a medium saucepan until it comes to a simmer.
2. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Once it has melted, add the
onions and cook until translucent.
3. Add the rice and cook for a few minutes, until the rice has browned a bit and
the butter has had a chance to coat the rice.
4. Add the wine and cook until the rice absorbs the liquid. Reduce the heat to
medium low.
5. Add 1/2 cup of warmed stock to the rice and stir, stir, stir, until the liquid has
been absorbed. Repeat this process until all of the liquid has been absorbed,
about 20 minutes.
6. Then, add the pumpkin puree, nutmeg, rosemary, and stir until creamy. Add the
pumpkin cubes and cheese.
7. Finally, add the cream, stir unitl creamy. Serve with a garnish of rosemary or
pepitas (roasted pumpkin seeds) and a bit more parmesan cheese.

12. Enjoy!
Risotto recipe by Straight from the Farm

13. Photo credits: Slides 1-6
Title: Space Comander (Flickr)
Slide 5: elena’s kitchen (Flickr)
Slide 1: julesreyes (Flickr)
Slides 2 & 4: recompose (Flickr) Slide 6:
Peeled pumpkin: Promise74 (Flickr)
Slide 3: Pumpkin cubes: Li’l Wolf (Flickr)
Pear: ~K~ Seasoned pumpkin cubes: whitehousedinners.com
Cinnamon: bitzi ion-bogdan dumitrescu Roasted cubes: Chaffeur
Nutmeg: seriouseats.com (chaffeured.blogspot.com)
Pumpkin s & p shakers: neatoshop.com
Pumpkin: elana’s pantry (Flickr)
Olive oil: 96 dpi (Flickr)
Rosemary: terawarner.com

14. Photo credits: Slides 7-11
Slides 7 & 9: shopcontemporary Slide 11: Jaclyn Sullivan
Slide 10:
Broth: Whole Eats & Whole Treats
Butter: Robert S. Donovan (Flickr)
Onion: Muffet (Flickr)
Rice: Emily Barney (Flickr)
Wine: Trevor Dennis (Flickr)
Nutmeg: seriouseats.com
Rosemary: terawarner.com
Pumpkin puree: jazzijava
Pumpkin cubes: Chaffeur
(chaffeured.blogspot.com)
Parmesan cheese: geishaboy500 (Flickr)
Heavy cream: lovetoknowcocktails.com