Name: Courgette & lemon risotto
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 50g butter; 1 onion finely chopped; 1 large garlic clove crushed; 180g risotto rice; 1 vegetable stock cube; zest and juice 1 lemon; 2 lemon thyme sprigs; 250g courgette diced; 50g vegetarian Italian-style hard cheese; 2 tbsp crème fraîche

Courgette & lemon risotto

An easy vegetarian one-pot risotto - simply stir in your seasonal veg, simmer and enjoy

50 min total 10 min prep 40 min cook 2 737 cal

Instructions

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1 Melt the butter in a deep frying pan. Add the onion and fry gently until softened for about 8 mins, then add the garlic and stir for 1 min. Stir in the rice to coat it in the buttery onions and garlic for 1-2 mins.
2 Dissolve the stock cube in 1 litre of boiling water, then add a ladle of the stock to the rice, along with the lemon juice and thyme. Bubble over a medium heat, stirring constantly. When almost all the liquid has been absorbed, add another ladle of stock and keep stirring. Tip in the courgette and keep adding the stock, stirring every now and then until the rice is just tender and creamy.
3 To serve, stir in some seasoning, the lemon zest, vegetarian Italian-style hard cheese and crème fraîche.
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