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Simple risotto recipe with sophisticated flavor twists: lemon, pine cream and flowers

Carnaroli risotto with goat's butter, pine nut cream, candied lemon and mountain flowers

Refined risotto recipe by chef Hannes Pignater from the ADLER Lodge RITTEN.
5 from 1 vote
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italy, South Tyrol
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 Food processor
  • 1 Pastry Bag

Ingredients
  

  • 160 g Risotto rice
  • 110 ml White wine dry
  • 20 g Goat's butter
  • 1 Lemon organic
  • 300 g Pine nuts organic
  • 40 g Grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tp Salt
  • 50 g Sugar (For candying the lemon peel)

Decoration

  • edible Blossoms from your own garden (wash and lay out on a clean kitchen towel)
  • Parsley

Instructions
 

Candied lemon

  • Peel the lemon with a peeler
  • Cut the peel into julienne (fine strips)
  • Blanch 3 times for 1 minute each time with fresh water
  • Make a syrup from 2 parts sugar and 1 part water, add the blanched lemon peel and boil for a few minutes.
  • Set aside the finished candied lemon peel
  • Squeeze the lemon and set the juice aside

Pine nut cream

  • Roast the pine nuts for 8 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius
  • Puree most of the pine nuts in a high-powered blender to a cream and pour into a pastry bag or bottle.
  • Set aside the rest of the pine nuts for decoration.

Risotto

  • Roast the rice
  • Deglaze with white wine and cook slowly, adding boiling water.
  • The rice should be "al dente" after about 18 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat, mix with the goat's butter, lemon juice, grated Parmesan, and salt, and arrange on plates.

Decoration

  • Garnish the risotto on the plates with the pine nut cream, candied lemon, parsley, and mountain flowers.
Keyword Farm to Table, Risotto