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Green Risotto with Wild Mushrooms

A vegan risotto loosened at the end with a vivid purée of blanched spinach, parsley, tarragon and scallion greens in place of butter and cheese, topped with deeply browned wild mushrooms brightened by lemon and soy.

  • YieldServes 4 to 6
  • Hands-on38 min
  • Total58 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 10 gflat-leaf parsley leaves (about ½ cup)
  • 5 gtarragon leaves (about ¼ cup)
  • 1.4 Lvegetable stock or water
  • 60 gspinach leaves (about 2 loosely packed cups)
  • 4scallions, whites finely chopped, greens kept separately
  • 60 mlextra-virgin olive oil
  • 380 grisotto rice (Carnaroli preferred)
  • 2 clovesgarlic, finely grated
  • 30 mlcanola or vegetable oil
  • 225 gmixed wild mushrooms (king trumpet, chanterelle, morel or oyster), halved if large
  • 1small shallot, minced
  • 1lemon, 1 tsp zest finely grated and 1 tsp juice
  • 1 tspsoy sauce
  • to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Vegan

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Soy
  • Celery
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Olive
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Shallot
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Spinach
  • Carrot
  • Parsley
  • Tarragon
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Button, cremini and portobello
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Blender

Season

  • Spring
  • Fall

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 3

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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