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Belly-Warming Risotto with Sausage and Red Pepper - Recipe

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Directions
  • Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add 2 tbsp olive oil.
  • Squeeze sausage out of casings into the pan; crumble the sausage with a wooden spoon. Cook until sausage is cooked through and browned, about 6 minutes. Drain sausage on paper towel and set aside.
  • Pour chicken broth into large saucepan and keep warm over low heat.
  • Add 2 tbsp olive oil and butter to empty sausage pan. Reduce to medium heat.
  • Once butter is melted, add shallots and cook until shallots are soft and just beginning to brown, about 3 minutes.
  • Add rice and toast for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Add wine and stir until almost all of the liquid is absorbed.
  • Add chicken broth by the ladleful to the rice and continue stirring until most of liquid is absorbed. Continue to add chicken broth by the ladleful until rice reaches desired texture.
  • Add sausage, red peppers, and Parmesan cheese to rice and combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
 
 
Ingredients
-4 links Premio sweet Italian sausage
-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
-2 tablespoons unsalted butter
-2 tablespoons shallots - minced
-1 1/4 cups arborio rice
-2/3 cup dry white wine
-8 cups canned chicken broth
-3 bottled roasted red peppers, thinly sliced
-1/3 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste