Teri's Mushroom Risotto Recipe That Is Better Than Any Other (2024)

Ingredients

8 cups of water

2 ounces dry mushrooms (we used a blend of dried mushrooms)

½ cup frozen peas (optional)

8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided

12 ounces trumpet mushrooms, thinly sliced lengthwise

1 tablespoon chopped garlic

1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt, divided, plus more to taste

1 cup chopped shallots

2 cups Arborio rice

½ cup white wine

1 tablespoon porcini mushroom powder (dried porcini mushrooms blended)

2 tablespoons unsalted nutritional yeast

2 tablespoons Braggs liquid aminos

2 tablespoons unsalted vegan butter, we used Miyoko’s

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, to garnish

1 to 2 lemons, to garnish and serve

Cook ModePrevent your screen from going dark

In a large pot, add 8 cups of water and 1 ounces of dry mushrooms. Bring to a boil over high heat and turn off. Let them sit for about 15 minutes to create a wonderful mushroom broth.

Strain the mushrooms with a very fine mesh sieve, but keep the broth in the pan over low heat. Double strain the broth if you are still able to see some mushroom bits. Meanwhile, finely chop the soaked mushrooms into tiny pieces. Set aside.

In a small pot, put your peas in ½ cup water. Simmer until al dente, about 3 minutes. Drain and set aside.

In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium high heat and add the finely chopped dried and soaked mushrooms. Sauté until brown and crispy for about 5 minutes. Then, add 6 tablespoons of olive oil if adding trumpet mushrooms, if using a wild mushroom blend then add 4 tablespoons olive oil. (Why? Trumpet mushrooms absorb more oil.) Sauté the mushrooms until golden brown, for about 12 to 20 minutes (this will depend on the type of mushrooms, trumpets take longer). Then add the garlic and ½ teaspoon of salt and stir. Cook for about 30 seconds. Turn off heat. Set aside.

In a large skillet, over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons olive oil and add the shallots. Stirring constantly, cook until translucent for about 5 minutes.

Add the rice and stir to coat completely with the olive oil, continue to cook for about 3 minutes. Stirring constantly. Stir in the white wine and allow it to reduce and evaporate. Add 1 teaspoon kosher salt.

Slowly add the warm mushroom broth to the rice, ½ cup at a time, stirring constantly. Once the first ½ cup of broth is absorbed by the rice, add another ½ cup of the broth, stirring constantly until absorbed. Repeat this step until you have used all the broth. Never stop stirring or you risk it sticking to the bottom of the pot. It will usually take 30 to 35 minutes. Add the porcini powder and stir completely. Add liquid aminos, nutritional yeast and stir to combine. Add 2 tablespoons of the vegan butter and stir to combine. Salt to taste.

To serve, top the risotto with the golden trumpet mushrooms and crispy bits, peas, fresh chopped parsley and then squeeze the juice of half of a lemon. Serve with extra lemon wedges.