Risotto with Butternut Squash and White Beans
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Risotto with Butternut Squash and White Beans

1. Butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed - 1
2. Salt and ground black pepper to taste - 1
3. Extra-virgin olive oil - ¼ cup
4. Onion, diced - 1
5. Tomato, diced - 1 small
6. Arborio rice - 1 (16 ounce) package
7. White wine - ½ cup
8. Dried marjoram (Optional) - 1 teaspoon
9. Dried oregano (Optional) - 1 teaspoon
10. Dried basil (Optional) - 1 teaspoon
11. Chicken broth, or more as needed - 8 cups
12. Hot pepper sauce, or more to taste - 1 dash
13. Small white beans, drained - 1 (14 ounce) can
14. Shredded Parmesan cheese - ¼ cup
15. Chopped fresh parsley - 3 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Risotto with Butternut Squash and White Beans

1. Stage

Season butternut squash cubes with salt and black pepper. Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover and bring the water to a boil. Add butternut squash, cover, and steam until just tender, 10 to 12 minutes depending on thickness. Transfer squash to a bowl and mash.

2. Stage

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir tomato into onions until onions become translucent, 3 to 5 more minutes. Add Arborio rice to onion mixture and stir to coat with oil; cook and stir until rice becomes translucent with a white spots in the middle of each grain, about 2 minutes.

3. Stage

Stir white wine into rice mixture; cook and stir until wine is completely absorbed, 2 to 4 minutes; add marjoram, oregano, and basil. Pour chicken broth into rice mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, stirring until liquid is absorbed, until rice is creamy but firm to the bite, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir squash into rice mixture until fully incorporated. Remove from heat.

4. Stage

Stir hot pepper sauce, white beans, Parmesan cheese, and parsley into risotto until cheese is melted. Season with salt and black pepper.