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Mushroom Risotto

Cut the stems from the mushrooms, they are stringy and use only the tops.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Arborio, Chicken Stock, Parmesan Cheese, Shiitake Mushrooms, White Wine

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chicken stock 0 CHO
  • ½ tsp. salt 0 CHO
  • ¼ tsp. pepper 0 CHO
  • 1 TBSP olive oil 0 CHO
  • ¼ tsp. garlic minced 0 CHO
  • ¼ cup (30 gr) red onion, diced 3 CHO
  • 5 oz. (150 gr) Shiitake mushrooms, roughly chopped 4 CHO
  • 1 cup 193 gr arborio rice (37 CHO/45 GR dry) 158.68 CHO
  • ¼ cup dry white wine 1.5 CHO
  • ½ cup (35 gr) Parmesan cheese, grated 0 CHO
  • Parsley to garnish 0 CHO

TOTAL CHO 167.18 CHO

  • TOTAL WEIGHT 900 GRAMS
  • 167.18 CHO DIVIDED BY 900 GRAMS = .185 CHO/GRAM
  • 1/3 CUP = 61 GRAMS (.185 CHO x 61 GRAMS) 11.28 CHO/1/3 CUP

Instructions

  1. Place chicken stock in a saucepan and heat, but do not boil.
  2. Add oil to a medium saucepan and heat. Add onion and sauté for a few minutes before adding the garlic and sliced mushrooms.
  3. Cook mushrooms for about 4 minutes, while gently moving them around with a spatula.
  4. Add white wine and reduce to half before adding the rice, salt and pepper.
  5. Stir to coat the rice evenly and commence adding the stock one ladle at a time, about ½ cup.
  6. Gently move the rice back and forth with the spatula until it reduces almost completely before adding another ladle. Repeat until no more stock remains, about 35 – 40 minutes.
  7. Temperature should be a nice simmer, not a rolling boil. The rice must cook and become creamy before serving.
  8. Remove from heat and stir in parmesan cheese. Adjust seasoning if desired.
  9. Garnish with parsley.
  10. Serve immediately.
  11. Risotto can be warmed the next day with the addition of a little stock or butter.