Creamy Vegan Mushroom Risotto

50 min · Medium · Serves 2

670 kcal per serving · 17g protein

Luxuriously creamy risotto made with mixed wild mushrooms and nutritional yeast. No dairy needed.

Ingredients

• 200 g Arborio rice
• 240 g Mixed wild mushrooms
• 800 ml Vegetable stock
• 100 ml Dry white wine
• 3 tbsp Nutritional yeast
• Shallot × 2
• 6 sprigs Fresh thyme
• 3 tbsp Olive oil
• 2 g Black pepper
• 4 g Salt

Method

1. Heat the oil

   

   Heat a third of the olive oil in a large frying pan over high heat.

2. Add the mushrooms and thyme

   

   Add the mushrooms and most of the thyme (keep a few sprigs back for serving) and fry, stirring now and then, until golden and all their moisture has evaporated. Set aside.

3. Set a heavy-bottomed pot

   

   Set a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat.

4. Soften the shallot

   

   Add another third of the olive oil to the pot, then cook the diced shallot, stirring, for 3-4 minutes until soft and see-through.

5. Add the arborio rice

   

   Add the arborio rice and toast it for 2 minutes, stirring, until the edges of the grains look glassy.

6. Warm the stock

   

   Warm the stock in a small saucepan and keep it over low heat.

7. Pour the white wine

   

   Pour the white wine into the rice pot and stir until it is absorbed.

8. Add stock ladle by ladle

   

   Begin adding the warm stock one ladle at a time, stirring frequently and waiting until each ladle is mostly soaked in before adding the next, about 20 minutes.

9. Check for doneness

   

   Taste a grain — the rice should be creamy with a slight bite, tender but not chalky. If it is still chalky, add another ladle of stock and keep stirring.

10. Stir in nutritional yeast

    

    Stir in nutritional yeast and sautéed mushrooms. Season to taste.

11. Serve

    

    Plate immediately — risotto waits for no one. Finish with cracked black pepper, a drizzle of the remaining olive oil and the thyme you kept back.

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