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                          FRESH TOMATO RISOTTO

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Rice                             Vegetables

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1       md           Onion -- chopped
  1       tb           Olive oil
  1       t            Butter
                       Salt -- to taste
  6       c            Vegetable broth
  2       c            Fresh tomato sauce OR 2 lb
                       -ripe tomatoes, 1 tb olive
                       -oil & 2-3 clove garlic,chpd
  2       c            Arborio rice
    3/4   c            Dry white wine
  1       tb           Parsley, fresh -- chopped *
  1       tb           Basil, fresh -- chopped *
    1/2   c            Parmesan cheese -- grated
                       -----GARNISH-----
                       Parmesan cheese
                       Basil, fresh -- slivered
                       Pine nuts -- toasted

 * use up to 2 tablespoons of chopped herbs

 In a large non-stick saute pan, saute the onion in the
 olive oil and butter, with a dash of salt, until it
 begins to turn golden. In separate skillets, heat the
 vegetable broth and the tomato sauce, and keep them
 both just below a simmer.

 If you are starting with fresh tomatoes: Scald and
 peel them, and chop them or process them in a blender
 for a few seconds. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a
 non-stick pan, saute the chopped garlic in it for 2
 minutes, then add the tomatoes and cook them down for
 about 15 minutes.

 Add the rice to the sauteed onion and stir it gently
 in the pan for about 2 minutes. Pour in the white wine
 and stir as it is absorbed.

 Add a soup ladle of the heated broth and stir, keeping
 the mixture just at a simmer. Keep stirring until the
 broth is nearly all absorbed into the rice, then add a
 ladle of tomato sauce and the chopped herbs, and stir
 until that is nearly absorbed. Continue this way,
 alternating broth and sauce until the sauce is used
 up, then carry on the with broth until the rice is al
 dente. This process will take about 25 minutes, and at
 the end a creamy sauce will form around the rice
 grains that are tender but firm.

 At the moment the rice is no longer crunchy, stir in a
 last ladle of hot broth, and the grated Parmesan
 cheese, and serve the risotto at once. Scatter
 slivered basil and toasted pine nuts over each
 serving, and pass additional Parmesan.

 Source: "The New Vegetarian Epicure" by Anna Thomas



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