Leek risotto with lemon crumbs

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands-on time 30 min
  • Difficulty: easy

This vegetarian leek risotto with lemon crumbs is budget-friendly, yet impressive enough for a dinner party.

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Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 150g leeks
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 onion
  • Handful fresh parsley
  • 60g fresh breadcrumbs
  • Zest and juice 1 lemon
  • 1.6 litres vegetable stock
  • 400g risotto rice (eg arborio)
  • 150ml white wine
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Method

  1. Warm half the oil in a large frying pan. Chop the leeks, garlic and onion. Add them to the pan, season and fry gently for 5-7 minutes, stirring now and then, until softened.
  2. Chop the parsley, then mix with the breadcrumbs, zest and some seasoning in a bowl.
  3. Gently warm the stock. In a frying pan, heat the rest of the oil and fry the crumb mix for 2 minutes, stirring, or until golden. Tip onto kitchen paper.
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  5. Add the rice to the frying pan, stir for 1 minute, then add the wine and cook for 2-3 minutes until reduced.
  6. Slowly add the hot stock a ladleful at a time, stirring between each addition and only adding more when the liquid has been incorporated. This takes about 20 minutes. Taste the rice to check it’s cooked with a little bite, then season with salt and pepper. Spoon into warm bowls, top with the crumbs, squeeze over lemon juice and serve.

Nutrition

  • 573kcals Calories
  • 12.5g (1.6g saturated) Fat
  • 12g Protein
  • 90.8g (3.9g sugars) Carbs
  • 2.5g Fibre
  • 2.7g Salt

What’s the perfect wine match?

Our friends at Majestic Wine recommend Definition Gruner VeltlinerThis Grüner Veltliner is a livewire of white peach and white pepper spice. Its mouthwatering acidity is the perfect foil for this creamy risotto.

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It was ok overall, the risotto itself was nice but too overpowered by the breadcrumbs. Will try again but this time adding butter when frying the breadcrumbs, and also adding a little less altogether.

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