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Fresh Tomato & Basil Risotto

Niky @ The House on Silverado
Tomato, basil and parmesan combine to make a delicious side dish!
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Ingredients
  

  • 7 cups stock vegetable or chicken
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 cup onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 ½ lbs fresh tomatoes diced
  • ½ tsp dired thyme You can sub fresh if you have it in your herb garden! Just use a full teaspoon instead.
  • 1½ cups Arborio rice
  • ½ cup dry white wine Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc work well. You can sub extra stock if you don't want to use wine.
  • ¼ cup fresh basil slivered
  • ½ cup parmesan cheese grated

Instructions
 

  • Bring your stock or broth to a simmer in a sauce pan over low heat.
  • Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, deep skillet Add the onion and sauté until tender. Add the rice and garlic and cook, stirring, until the grains of rice begin to crackle. Stir in 1 pound (reserve a 1/2 pound for the end) of the diced tomatoes, sugar, thyme, and salt to taste and cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes have cooked down slightly and coat the rice in their juice, 5 to 8 minutes.
  • Pour in the white wine and stir until it is absorbed by the rice. Begin adding the simmering stock, a ladle at a time. The stock should just cover the rice, and should be bubbling gently. Simmer, stirring frequently, until it is just about absorbed, and then add another ladleful or two of the stock. Continue with this process, adding more stock and stirring when the rice is almost dry, stirring often. When the rice is tender all the way through, but not mushy it's done.
  • Add another ladleful of stock to the fully cooked rice. Stir in the last 1/2 pound of the fresh diced tomatoes, the basil and the Parmesan cheese. Remove from the heat. The mixture should be creamy (add more stock if it isn’t). Serve right away.
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