Risotto - Red wine, radicchio, italian sausage, fontina cheese, and walnuts

Risotto is one of the main Italian traditional dishes. Perfect for dinner with family and friends, it is versatile, and you can combine it with a lot of ingredients. This version is with red wine, radicchio, italian sausage, fontina cheese, and walnuts.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Prepare the vegetable stock and keep it hot.

Step 2

Mince the shallots until they are quite small, so they can melt while cooking.

Step 3

Wash the radicchio and remove the thick white parte of the leaves, and then slice it roughly. Keep it aside.

Step 4

Slice the fontina cheese and keep it aside.

Step 5

Crumble the sausage and ease it down on a pan. Roast the sausage for about ten minutes. When the sausage starts becoming a bit browny, add the crumbled walnuts, too. Remove the sausage and the walnuts from the heat and keep them aside.

Step 6

Put a couple of spoon of olive oil in a large pan, and when it is hot, ease down the onions, and stir for a few minutes. When you see that the onion is becoming translucent, add the rice.

Step 7

Once the rice is translucent, pour the red wine into the pan and let it evaporate completely. At this point, decrease the heat and poor a couple of spoon on vegetables stock, stir one minute and let the rice absorb the liquids.

Step 8

Cook the rice for about twenty minutes, adding a laddle of vegetable stock every now and then. Once you are halfway cooking, add the radicchio, sausage, and walnuts. Add some salt and pepper, too.

Step 9

When the rice is ready, switch off your stove and add the fontina cheese. Stir two minutes before serving.