Tomato, basil and ricotta risotto

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 7
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 279.6
  • Total Fat: 8.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 4.6 mg
  • Sodium: 171.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 39.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
  • Protein: 8.9 g

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Introduction

Delicious risotto recipe... not low cal, just delicious. Delicious risotto recipe... not low cal, just delicious.
Number of Servings: 7

Ingredients

    To marinate the tomatoes:
    4 large handfuls of ripe tomatoes (different colours if available)
    2 tbpn red wine vinegar
    1 tbspn olive oil

    For the risotto:
    300 g arborio (risotto) rice
    4 stalks celery
    1 small to med onion
    1 tbspn olive oil
    1/2 tbspn butter
    500 ml chicken stock
    125 ml dry white wine

    125 g ricotta
    basil
    parmesan

Directions

Bake ricotta in oven for about ten minutes.
Marinate tomatoes (deseeded and rougly chopped) in red wine vinegar and 1 tblspn oil.

Meanwhile, make basic risotto recipe - onion, celery, butter and 1 tblspn oil cook.
When soft, add wine.
When all wine absorbed, add stock, ladle at a time. When almost ready, add half of the tomatoes and half of remaining stock. cook until ready. then add remaining tomatoes, parmigiano and basil.

Number of Servings: 7.42

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NAEBOE.