Tomato Risotto
Italian comfort food at its best, this creamy and flavorful tomato risotto serves 4 as a main dish or 6 as a side dish.
Recipe - Gourmet Garage Corporate
Tomato Risotto
Prep Time10 Minutes
Servings4
Cook Time20 Minutes
Ingredients
3 tbs butter
3/4 cup chopped shallots or onion
1 1/2 cups Arborio rice
3 cups College Inn® Chicken Broth
1 can (15 oz.) Contadina® Tomato Sauce
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
Freshly ground black pepper, optional
Directions
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook shallots and rice, 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Combine broth and tomato sauce in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave on HIGH 3 to 4 minutes or until hot.
- Meanwhile, stir wine into rice mixture and cook 3 minutes or until almost absorbed by rice.
- Ladle 1 cup hot tomato-broth mixture into rice, stirring until almost absorbed.
- Continue adding 1 cup at a time until gone, stirring, until almost absorbed before adding the next.
- Stir in basil, Parmesan cheese and lemon zest.
- Serve with additional basil and black pepper, if desired.
10 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
4
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter, 8 oz
$4.99$0.62/oz
Spanish Onion, 1 ct, 20 oz
$2.49 avg/ea$1.99/lb
RiceSelect Arborio Italian-Style Rice, 32 oz
$10.99$0.34/oz
Swanson Chicken Broth, 32 oz
$4.49$0.14/oz
Mutti Tomato Sauce with Basil & Oregano, 14 oz
$3.49$0.25/oz
Colavita White Wine Vinegar, 17 fl oz
$5.99$0.35/fl oz
Wholesome Pantry Organic Basil, 0.66 oz
$3.99$6.05/oz
Chicken Parmesean over Spaghetti
$12.99$12.99/lb
Organic Lemon, 1 ct, 1 each
$1.99
Coarse Ground Black Pepper , 1.8 oz
$1.24 avg/ea$0.69/oz
Directions
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook shallots and rice, 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Combine broth and tomato sauce in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave on HIGH 3 to 4 minutes or until hot.
- Meanwhile, stir wine into rice mixture and cook 3 minutes or until almost absorbed by rice.
- Ladle 1 cup hot tomato-broth mixture into rice, stirring until almost absorbed.
- Continue adding 1 cup at a time until gone, stirring, until almost absorbed before adding the next.
- Stir in basil, Parmesan cheese and lemon zest.
- Serve with additional basil and black pepper, if desired.