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  • Serves 6
  • 60 minutes
  • Difficulty Medium
  • 9 Ingredients

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A delicious vegetable risotto or base to any other risotto


Ingredients (serves 6)

  • 500gms Pumpkin
  • 3 Carrots
  • 1 cup Frozen peas and corn
  • 1 Onion diced
  • 4 diced/crushed garlic cloves
  • 1 litre Vegetable / chicken stock or water
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil plus extra for roasting
  • 2 cups Aborio rice
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan

Method

  1. Dice half the pumpkin and half the carrot - roast at 220°c with olive oil, salt and pepper for 20-30 mins or inter tender and roasted through.
  2. Steam or boil remaining carrot and pumpkin.
  3. Meanwhile put oil in large non stick pot then add onion and garlic. Stir in medium heat until translucent. Add rice. Store for a minute or two until rice is coasted in oil.
  4. Add stock/water 1 cup at a time. Allow stock to absorb between each cup.
  5. Add peas and corn.
  6. Mash the carrot / pumpkin you boiled or steamed and add to risotto
  7. Add roast veg. Mix.
  8. Serve with Parmesan

  • Sounds very tasty

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  • Simple to do and sounds great.

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  • This would be great for all of the family. Thanks for sharing

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  • This looks so delish, I’d love it.

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  • Sounds so healthy!! Will try it for.my bub when he is older

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  • great way to get in some veggies

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  • This sounds so easy and delicious to cook, I can’t wait to try and make this one

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  • Sounds delicious definitely have to try this! Particularly as my 3 year old is going through a “I don’t eat veges” stage!!

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  • I love that you roast the pumpkin and carrot before hand. This would give a really nice caramelly sweetness to the risotto.

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  • Looks so yummy but my kids are too fussy

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  • If there’s any leftovers, it would also make delicious aranchini balls.

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  • I love a recipe that is suitable for all ages at the table. This risotto looks delicous and an added bonus for all the veggies

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  • I’d do anything to try and get more veggies into my kids. This is a good idea.

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  • Lots of yummy vegetables in this!

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  • My toddler loves rice dishes, so I’ll have to give this recipe a go.

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  • Sounds yummy. I’ve never made or eaten risotto before! But I need to try some new meals for me and my daughter. This looks pretty easy to make thanks for sharing.

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  • Yum. I make one similar with shredded bbq chicken

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  • My risottos never quite turn out the best. Hopefully this recipe I will attempt and succeed.

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  • Definitely going to try this!

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  • Never mind kid-friendly, this looks amazing for me!!

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