Very good basic recipe, although the measurements require a bit of tweaking! I make risotto quite often, so I have gotten pretty good at finding that perfect creamy consistency, and with the few changes I made, I got it! I did not use any butter, but instead I used all olive oil (about 3 T was enough), and then I added about 3/4 C onion (1 small), 3 chopped cloves of garlic, and sauteed over medium heat for about 5 minutes before adding the wine. I did add 1/2 C wine, and cooked for a few minutes over medium until most had evaporated, then started adding my chicken broth (3 cans was the perfect amount, by the way) about 1/2 C at a time until it began to get creamy, but still had a slight bite to it. (This took about 20 minutes or so, but judge by texture more than time.) Then I added about 1/2 C cream (I think a cup is way too much for only 1 1/2 C rice), 1/2 C fresh grated parm (it needed more then just 2 T), salt and pepper, the 2 T lemon juice, and the steamed broccoli (4 minutes in the microwave is perfect). Add a bit of extra cream if it seems dry at this point. All in all, great recipe; the lemon and broccoli with the creaminess of the rice was delicious!!!
This was a really tasty risotto. I skipped the cream to limit the amount of fat but it was still very creamy and delicious. This could be modified to add whatever veggies are on hand - mushroom, asparagus, etc. I will definitely be making this again.
After ordering a broccoli risotto recipe at Perkins recently and thinking it was pretty awesome for chain restaurant fare I was happy to find this one at the allrecipes website. It is very good and did not require any salt or pepper. I realized too late that I forgot the heavy cream on my trip to the store but found a substitution on-line: 3/4 cup milk 1/3 cup butter and 1 tablespoon flour (if using 1% or skim milk). It worked perfectly. I like chopping the broccoli very fine so each bite suggests broccoli rather than overwhelming the dish with large chunks.
This was fantastic! I made two alterations- substituted chopped frozen spinach for the broccoli (we were out) and used 1/4 cup half and half instead of cream. Also the finished risotto only "took" 4 cups of broth so I'd recommend adding just a 1/2 cup at a time towards the end of cooking time. Thanks for the recipe this was great!
I made this risotto with the stock from a whole chicken cooked yesterday. Did not have white wine so used cooking sherry. And once the sherry was absorbed added the rest of the chicken stock and pressure cooked it for 6 minutes. Once done put the pressure cooker on "brown" and added the broccoli and cheese. Did not need the cream because it was so creamy already! Wonderful recipe!
This was pretty good and not too difficult (was my first time making risotto so I was a little scared!) Since I don't have experience making risotto I'm not sure if I ended up with the 'right' consistency but I stopped adding broth after four cups and it was even a teeny bit mushy. But perfectly edible and tasty. I used a little more oil and a lot less butter forgot to put the chives in more asiago and no parmesan - though if I make again I think I would use just parm 'cause I always have it on hand and asiago is more expensive than it's worth. I also added a tbsp more lemon juice plus another quick drizzle at the end and it still didn't taste very lemony but that's alright. Overall quite good!
Oh wow this was the best thing I have ever eaten! Usually I don't like risotto because it has a ton of mushrooms in it but this was delicious! I had leftover broccoli and roasted red peppers that I needed to use so I threw them in this and it was so good I could have eaten the whole pan by myself!
i skipped the lemon and used 1% milk instead of cream and it was DELICIOUS. Love this recipe!
This is a great recipe and since I am vegeterian I had to make some subsitutions. I substituted the chicken broth with vegetable broth I used vegan butter I used silk creamer instead of heavy cream and I used veggie parmesan cheese to make this a great vegetarian/vegan dish. Thanks for the recipe.
