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Home ยป Garlic ยป Mushroom Spinach Risotto

Mushroom Spinach Risotto

August 17, 2007 · WCC Administr@tr · 4 Comments

Who says steak is only for special occassions or weekends? In our house, steak is great for anyday of the week!picture067-4478759This past week has been an uneventful one in my kitchen. With my husband’s new school schedule, he’s in class during the evenings. As a result, I’ve been unmotivated to cook up anything really blogworthy. However tonight, I’m really proud of how my husband has been juggling work and school. So I made him a special steak dinner to come home to.picture065-9628318Tonight’s dinner is a simple one of grilled steaks seasoned with pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. To accompany it, I made a mushroom & spinach risotto.picture066-3116452Here’s my recipe for mushroom & spinach risotto:

1-2 tablespoons beef base
4 cups of hot water
3 large cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups sliced white mushrooms
1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 cup arborio rice
fresh ground black pepper
1 cup frozen or 2 cup fresh spinach

In a saucepan, heat water and beef base until base is dissolved for beef broth.
In a saute pan, coat the bottom with olive oil.
Add sliced mushrooms and minced garlic; saute.
When the mushrooms have caramelized, add the rice.
Stir rice to coat and slightly toast up.
Add 1 cup of beef broth to the rice and stir.
Allow liquid to reduce before adding 1 cup at a time; stirring continuously.
Continue to add broth until all is used or until rice reaches a creamy consistency.
When rice is just about done, fold in the spinach.
Season with salt & pepper to taste.

* I used a jarred beef base I got at Sams Club. You can substitute it with beef broth if you prefer.

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Garlic, Mushrooms, Olive oil, Risotto, Spinach

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  1. Mary Ellen says

    August 17, 2007 at 3:11 am

    Looks yummy and I’m sure he loved it. I’ll have to try risotto with beef broth – I’ve only used chicken.

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  2. Cara says

    August 17, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Joelen, both the steak and risotto look great! It certainly does feel great to cook a real meal after being so busy for a while. I hope you both enjoyed it!

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  3. Deborah says

    August 17, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    Oh Joelen, how can you possibly ponder becoming vegetarian when you create meaty masterpieces like THIS!?? ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Sarah says

    August 18, 2007 at 2:17 am

    Oh goodness, your risotto looks amazing. My husband loves risotto so it looks like we’ll be trying this one!

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