Butternut risotto

Butternut risotto

Counting the calories but love your food? With this tasty risotto you'll have no idea it's low-fat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Egg-free, Low-fat, Nut-free

Method

  1. Fry the onions in a tbsp of oil until soft but not browned. Add the thyme, squash and rice and stir for a few seconds to coat the grains with oil. Add a couple of ladles of stock and bring to a simmer.
  2. Cook, stirring until almost all the stock is absorbed. Add the rest of the stock a little at a time, cooking until each addition is absorbed, until the squash is soft and the rice al dente and creamy.
  3. Season well. Divide between 4 bowls and scatter with cheese.

Per serving

243 kcalories, protein 7.2g, carbohydrate 45.6g, fat 4.8 g, saturated fat 1.4g, fibre 2.0g, salt 0.6 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2006.

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  • 06 November 2007

    kyoko rated this recipe

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  • 18 November 2007

    muffyrat rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    kids enjoyed this too as flavours not too strong, nice and simple.

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  • 10 December 2007

    lisa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    quick and easy, loved by all.

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  • 10 January 2008

    angel rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    made this today for the first time and im hooked its delicious i also added some cubed pineapple and a little pineapple juice. this is lovely hot or cold

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  • 19 January 2008

    Nam Nam commented on this recipe

    This was lovely. We made it with pumpkin. Our 1 year old son loved it aswell, so I'll be definately making this again.

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  • 05 April 2008

    Lily rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this last night as a last minute thing and it was really easy to do. It certainly didn't taste like a low calorie recipe which was great but my only negative was that I found the portion sizes to be slightly on the small size if you follow the servings they suggest here.

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  • 31 May 2008

    raquelc rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Extremely bland. Butternut squash took an age to cook. I'll stick to (porcini) mushroom risotto in future. Far more flavoursome.

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  • 22 July 2008

    Jemma commented on this recipe

    I made this with sage instead of thyme, it goes really well with butternut squash, and also added some garlic to the onion. Try adding some chopped grilled bacon, and perhaps some chicken.

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  • 06 August 2008

    tweedle29 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved this, thought it was delicious. Only served three of us and quite small portion sizes, but i found it surprisingly filling. I added extra squash too, to make it even more healthy. Will be making again!

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  • 07 October 2008

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely. I oven roasted the squash first as I doubted it would cook through with the rice, and added it near the end of cooking.

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  • 28 December 2008

    TheEdda rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy, very healthy -- but slightly lacking in taste? It feels like baby food, for some reason. And the thyme can be a bit overpowering. Still, a good filler :)

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  • 12 March 2009

    Jayzee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fab risotto altho i made almost completely different by ommiting the herbs, adding pancetta and peas and swapped 100mls of stock for white wine! That's the magic of risottos though! Gorgeous! x

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    07 June 2009

    Ash rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have been cooking this regularly for months and I love it - I replace 100ml of the stock with white wine, and serve it with a gammon steak...delicious! (Oven roasting the squash first makes it even better)

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  • 30 November 2009

    Jill rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this last night and it was a hit! I roasted the squash first as other readers suggested. It also only served 2 of us. But will definitley be making it again!

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  • 08 December 2009

    Fitzio rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I made this tonight as per the original recipe but used dried thyme instead of fresh. We thought it was a little bland, and lacked something, but it was edible. I would make it again in future, but add some pancetta and white wine, and also more parmesan cheese. It needs a lot of seasoning to make it flavoursome. I served it with garlic bread which gave it added flavour and this helped.

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  • 15 December 2009

    Ezme rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I make this regularly now and adore it! I roast the butternut with garlic first (or use last nights leftover butternut as I eat a lot of it!) and add some lean bacon or just the medallions from back bacon. Especially great for lunch when I'm working over dinner!

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    18 December 2009

    TLR rated this recipe

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  • 23 December 2009

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  • 06 January 2010

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  • 17 February 2010

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Egg-free, Low-fat, Nut-free

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion , chopped
  • olive oil
  • 2 sprigs thyme , chopped
  • 250g butternut squash or pumpkin, peeled and diced
  • 200g risotto rice
  • 600ml hot, fresh vegetable stock or chicken stock, or cube or concentrate
  • 2 tbsp grated parmesan or Grana Padano, to serve
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Per serving

243 kcalories, protein 7.2g, carbohydrate 45.6g, fat 4.8 g, saturated fat 1.4g, fibre 2.0g, salt 0.6 g

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