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Mixed Mushroom and Bacon Risotto
with Fried Sage Leaves
This dish takes flavour inspiration from your favourite trattoria. Hearty broth plumps up each grain of rice to create an irresistibly creamy risotto. A sprinkle of fragrant, crispy sage leaves will make you feel like a top chef.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
100 g
Bacon Strips
200 g
Mixed Mushrooms
¾ cup
Arborio Rice
56 g
Yellow Onion, chopped
56 g
Baby Spinach
7 g
Sage
2 unit
Garlic, cloves
2 unit
Vegetable Broth Concentrate
(May contain Milk, Sesame, Gluten, Egg, Fish, Mustard, Crustaceans, Soy, Tree nuts, Wheat, Sulphites)
4 tbsp
White Cooking Wine
(Contains Sulphites May contain Sesame, Wheat, Gluten, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Egg, Fish, Milk, Sulphites, Crustaceans)
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
(May contain Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
½ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
1 tsp
Chili Flakes
(May contain Sulphites, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Milk, Sesame, Triticale, Wheat, Peanuts)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
0.13 tsp
Salt*
2 tbsp
Oil*
2 tbsp
Butter*
(Contains Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Trim stems from button and cremini mushrooms, then thinly slice caps. Keep caps and stems separate.
- Cut or tear oyster mushrooms lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices.
- Pick sage leaves from stems. Keep leaves and stems separate.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Line a plate with paper towels. Set aside.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium. When hot, add bacon. Cook for 5-7 min, flipping occasionally, until crispy.** Remove from heat. Using tongs, transfer bacon to the paper towel-lined plate. Set aside.
- Remove and discard fat, then carefully wipe the pan clean.
- Reheat the same pan over medium-high. When hot, add 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) oil, then sage leaves. Fry for 1 min, until crisp. (TIP: We love to use olive oil for frying sage.)
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer fried sage to the paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt while hot. Set aside.
- Reserve residual sage oil in the pan.
- Meanwhile, in a medium pot, combine 4 1/2 cups (5 1/2 cups) warm water, broth concentrate, sage stems and mushroom stems.
- Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to medium-low, still covered.
- Reheat the pan with sage oil (from step 2) over medium-high.
- When the pan is hot, add onions and remaining mushrooms. Cook for 5-6 min, stirring occasionally, until softened.
- Add garlic salt and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) chili flakes. (Like things spicy? Add more chili flakes!)
- Season with pepper, then stir to combine.
- To the pan with veggies, add rice and garlic. Cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1-2 min.
- Add cooking wine. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until wine is absorbed.
- Add 1 cup broth from the medium pot. (NOTE: Leave sage and mushroom stems behind in the pot.)
- Reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring often, until broth is absorbed by rice.
- Continue to add broth, 1 cup at a time, stirring often for 25-30 min, until broth is absorbed, texture is creamy and rice is tender.
- When the final addition of broth has been added to the risotto, add spinach, half the Parmesan and 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter.
- Cook for 1-3 min, stirring often, until spinach wilts and broth is almost completely absorbed.
- Remove from heat, then season with salt and pepper.
- Divide risotto between bowls.
- Roughly crumble bacon over top.
- Sprinkle remaining Parmesan and fried sage over top.
- Sprinkle with any remaining chili flakes, if you like.
If you've opted to add bacon, heat a large non-stick pan over medium. When hot, add bacon. Cook for 5-7 min, flipping occasionally, until crispy.** Remove from heat. Using tongs, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Discard bacon fat from the pan, then carefully wipe the pan clean. Use the same pan to cook sage.
Roughly crumble bacon over risotto.
