10/20/2024
Try our fall favorite: Shrimp & Pumpkin Risotto 🎃🦐 – a creamy, seasonal dish that’s sure to impress your guests.
* 12 oz pumpkin (peeled & de-seeded weight), or red kuri/butternut/honeynut squash
* 1 onion (small/med)
* 1 clove garlic
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 tbsp butter
* 1 ½ cups arborio rice
* 3 cups light stock (vegetable or chicken if you don’t need it to be vegetarian)
* ¾ cup freshly grated parmesan lightly packed, approx
* 1 pinch nutmeg
* 1 pinch pepper
* Ocean Garden Shrimp
* 1 teaspoon aged balsamic vinegar approx, to serve
Instructions
* Peel and de-seed the pumpkin/squash, if not already prepared. Cut into a relatively small dice. Peel and dice the onion and garlic.�
* Warm the oil and butter in a medium pan over a medium heat then add the onion. Cook for around 5 minutes until the onion softens, but make sure it doesn’t brown (reduce heat or add a little more butter, if needed).�
* Add the garlic and pumpkin/squash and cook a few more minutes until it all softens (around another 5, but depends on the kind of squash/pumpkin and size of pieces). Often this works best by covering the pan with a lid to let the vegetables sweat. Mash the pumpkin/squash so that it’s a rough puree.�
* Add the rice and cook for a minute or two then add enough stock to cover the rice. Keep adding a little more stock (around ½ to 1 cup at a time) as the previous amount is absorbed, stirring now and then so that it doesn’t stick. Typically, it doesn’t need stirred much to start but more towards the end.�
* Once the rice is cooked and the stock has been absorbed, add the shrimp and let cook for 4 minutes or until pink and then stir through the parmesan, nutmeg and pepper. Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve topped with a drizzle of aged balsamic and a few shaves of parmesan.