Creamy Roasted Garlic and Chives Risotto

A simple risotto that's easy to make. This recipe is full of flavor and you can customize it to suit your taste. You can add optional ingredients such as 1 cup of spinach, mushrooms, shrimp, or chicken. Serve warm.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 344 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 4 cups chicken broth
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• ¼ cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
• 1 ½ cups Arborio rice
• ¼ cup half-and-half
• 4 cloves roasted garlic, mashed into a paste
• 4 leaves fresh sweet basil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine chicken broth, chives, roasted garlic, and basil in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer.

Step 2

Heat vegetable oil and butter in a separate pot over medium heat; cook and stir shallot and garlic in the hot oil-butter mixture until shallot is softened, about 5 minutes. Add rice to shallot mixture; increase heat to medium-high. Cook and stir until rice is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add wine, reduce heat to low, and simmer until wine is absorbed, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Stir simmering broth mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into rice mixture and continue to simmer until rice absorbs liquid; repeat, adding 1/2 cup of broth at a time, until all the broth is absorbed and rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir half-and-half into risotto; fold in Gorgonzola cheese until melted.