Delicata Squash Boats With Pancetta, Porcini, And Fried Sage Risotto
- 4 delicata squash, cut in half, seeded, and roasted, can use acorn or other squash
- 2 cups carnaroli rice, can use arborio rice
- 2 shallots, diced
- 8 pieces pancetta, diced
- 15 porcini mushooms, sliced thin, can use shitake mushrooms
- 15 pieces sage leaves, fried in a little truffle oil, 5 broken into pieces and others left whole
- 7 cups homemade chicken stock, can use canned
- 1/2 cup pinot grigio wine
- salt and pepper to taste
- olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Freshly grated parmigiano cheese
- Turn oven on to 350. Place cut squash, face down and roast til soft when fork is inserted. Set aside
- In a pot that is wider than it is tall, turn onto medium heat.
- Add 2 T olive oil and heat.
- Add shallot and pancetta and stir with wooden spoon until shallot is translucent.
- Add mushroom and stir.
- Add a little salt and pepper.
- Cook until mushroom begins to soften and add broken sage pieces.
- Add rice and stir.
- Add wine and stir til dissolved.
- Start adding stock, 1/2 cup at a time and stir til dissolved. Keep tasting until rice reaches "al dente"
- Pull off stove and add butter, stir
- Add 1/2 cup of parmigiano
- Spoon into each half of squash, top with some more cheese and one piece of whole sage leaf. Repeat til all squash are filled.
- Serve immediately
acorn, carnaroli rice, shallots, pancetta, porcini mushooms, sage, chicken, grigio wine, salt, olive oil, butter, freshly grated parmigiano cheese
Taken from food52.com/recipes/32063-delicata-squash-boats-with-pancetta-porcini-and-fried-sage-risotto (may not work)