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Easy sausage & fennel risotto

Sausage & fennel risotto served in a pan

Easy sausage & fennel risotto

Name: Easy sausage & fennel risotto
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 1 fennel bulb finely sliced; 2 pork sausages; ½ tsp fennel seeds crushed (optional); 2 large garlic cloves crushed; 3 thyme sprigs, leaves finely chopped, plus extra to serve; 400g risotto rice; 100ml white wine; 1.4 litres hot chicken stock; 70g parmesan finely grated; 1 lemon zested and juiced

Esther Clark

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 45 mins

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.19 ratingsRate

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Warm up on chilly nights with this comforting risotto. It's a budget-friendly choice for feeding the family on busy weeknights

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion

finely chopped
1 fennel bulb

finely sliced
2 pork sausages
½ tsp fennel seeds

crushed (optional)
2 large garlic cloves

crushed
3 thyme

sprigs, leaves finely chopped, plus extra to serve
400g risotto rice
100ml white wine
1.4 litres hot chicken stock
70g parmesan

finely grated
1 lemon

zested and juiced

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal677
fat20g
saturates7g
carbs91g
sugars4g
fibre6g
protein26g
salt2.6g

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and fennel and fry for 10 mins or until softened. Raise the heat. Squeeze the sausagemeat out of the skins straight into the pan and fry for 5 mins, or until turning golden brown. Stir through the fennel seeds, garlic and thyme and fry for a further minute.
step 2

Tip in the rice and fry for 1 min. Pour the wine into the pan and boil the liquid until reduced by half. Add half the stock and cook until absorbed, stirring constantly. Add the remaining stock, a ladleful at a time, and cook until al dente and not too thick in consistency, stirring constantly for 20-25 mins. Season with black pepper.
step 3

Stir through the cheese and lemon, then spoon into four bowls and scatter over the extra thyme leaves to finish.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2019

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