Squash & Goat's Cheese Risotto
In this new recipe from our friends at Borough Broth Co, founder Ros Heathcote combines winter squash with crumbly goats cheese and her wonderful organic chicken bone broth for the ultimate comfort food.
Squash & Goat's Cheese Risotto
In this new recipe from our friends at Borough Broth Co, founder Ros Heathcote combines winter squash with crumbly goats cheese and her wonderful organic chicken bone broth for the ultimate comfort food.
- Serves: 2
- Prepare: 10 Minutes
- Cook: 40 Minutes
- Difficulty: Easy
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS ORGANIC BONES & BROTH?
We make use of every part of the carcass - right down to the bones. They are an amazing resource, packed full of vitamins, collagen and health-giving fats. Our broth is expertly made by the Borough Broth Co. using organic ingredients and their own special technique to extract the best flavour from British carcasses.
Ingredients
- 1tbsp fat
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 shallot, diced
- 1 stick of celery, diced
- 150g pumpkin/squash, skinned, deseeded and cubed (blue max squash if you can get one, but any winter squash will do)
- 1 pouch (324g) organic chicken bone broth
- 150g organic arborio rice
- 50g crumbly goats cheese
- 150ml water
- splash white wine (optional)
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Start with the squash/pumpkin, scoop the seeds out, cube, coat in fat or oil and roast in a preheated 180°C oven for 30 mins
- Once roasted either mash it with a potato masher or even better run it through a vegetable ricer to make it smooth and set the puree aside.
- Add the fat to a large saucepan and place on a low heat so the fat gently melts (if solid)
- Soften the shallot and celery in the pan slowly, ensuring it doesn't brown but goes translucent
- Add the garlic for the last two minutes before adding the rice
- Add the rice and stir and cover with the fat and onions watching until the grains of rice becomes translucent around the edges
- If you're going to add wine, now's the time. Turn up the heat and splash it in whilst stirring until its quickly reduce and absorbed by the rice
- Now add the bone broth, a spoonful at a time, stirring until it's completely absorbed by the rice and the pan is almost dry, then add the next spoonful. Repeat until all the broth is incorporated
- Stir and test until the rice has a slight bite (al dente)
- Now its time to stir in the puree to the risotto. Once mixed allow to sit for a few minutes. Then remove from the heat and add in the parmesan
- If you're going to add nuts, in a dry pan, toast the pine nuts shaking the pan regularly to ensure they don't burn. This takes no more than 3 minutes on high heat
- Serve the risotto with a crumbling of goats cheese and top with the pine nuts, a generous milling of black pepper
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS ORGANIC BONES & BROTH?
We make use of every part of the carcass - right down to the bones. They are an amazing resource, packed full of vitamins, collagen and health-giving fats. Our broth is expertly made by the Borough Broth Co. using organic ingredients and their own special technique to extract the best flavour from British carcasses.
Frequently asked questions
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a great way to start feeling the benefits of broth is to incorporate it into your daily routine, as part of a balanced diet. Broth can form the base of a delicious soup, cooked stew or Bolognese or even a hot drink inbetween mealtimes. Boost its nutritional value even further by adding grains, lentils, pulses, spices and herbs.
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There is some evidence to suggest anti-inflammatory qualities of chicken broth for sinus and respiratory infections, as well as some evidence to suggest bone broth also helps the lining of the gut, aid joints, muscles and bones as well as overall skin, hair and nail health due to the collagen within. Bone broth is a healthy addition to a balanced diet - research indicates that it’s the protein in broth that’s the main advantage to our health. This protein is broken down into collagen which promotes elasticity for firm smooth skin and glycine and glutamine which both promote a healthy immune system and gut lining. Adding vegetables towards to the end of the cooking time is a great way to increase its minerals and vitamin content.
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Organic bone broth is made by simmering the bones and connective tissue of organic animals, the broth can then be drank from a mug on its own or used to make soups, sauces or gravies. Whilst drinking bone broth has become popular as a health hack in recent times, the use of broth actually dates back to prehistoric times, when hunter-gatherers turned otherwise inedible animal parts like bones, hooves and knuckles into a broth they could drink. At Coombe Farm Organic we're proud to sell Borough Broth Co bone broths. Slow cooked to a secret recipe using organic bones, pure spring water, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar and plenty of care and attention, these broths taste deeply delicious and are a great way to keep your gut happy.