Courgette and Lemon Risotto
Courgette and Lemon Risotto

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, courgette and lemon risotto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Melt the butter in a deep frying pan. This gorgeous summertime risotto is a favourite with kids and the cold leftovers can be used to make tasty arancini. This risotto is bursting with fresh flavours: basil, lemon and courgette flowers.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have courgette and lemon risotto using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Courgette and Lemon Risotto:
  1. Take 25 gram Butter
  2. Take 1 Onion, finely chopped
  3. Make ready 1/2 large Garlic Clove, crushed
  4. Take 90 gram Risotto Rice
  5. Make ready 1 Vegetable Stock Cube
  6. Get Zest and Juice of 1 lemon(keep separate)
  7. Take 125 gram Courgette, diced
  8. Take 25 gram Parmesan Cheese, grated
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp Creme Fraiche

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Instructions to make Courgette and Lemon Risotto:
  1. Melt the Butter in a deep fry pan or wok, add the Onion and fry gently until softened, about 5-8 minutes. Then add the Garlic and stir for 1-2 minutes.Stir in the rice to coat with the buttery Onions and Garlic for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Dissolve the stock cube in 500ml of hot water and add a little to the saucepan mix, along with the Lemon Juice. Bubble over a medium heat, stirring constantly. When almost all the liquid has been absorbed, add more liquid and the courgette. Keep adding the stock Liquid, stirring every now and then until the rice is just tender and creamy.
  3. Once all the stock liquid has been absorbed, add the Lemon Jest and the Creme Fraiche. Stir in to mix, and serve!

Add the cheese, lemon zest and juice, courgettes and peas to the pan and stir well. This courgette, lemon and basil risotto is topped with Grana Padano cheese (costs less than parmesan but works just as well). Stir in the courgettes and rice, coating everything in oil and cook for a few more minutes. Put a splash of olive oil into a wide-bottomed saucepan and put the onion and celery in and place on medium heat. I like to put a small pinch of salt at this stage to stop the onion from colouring.

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