baked pumpkin and bacon risotto

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 4 rashers bacon (320g), rind removed and chopped
  • 2 cups (400g) arborio rice
  • 800g pumpkin, peeled, seeds scooped out, chopped into small pieces
  • 5 cups (1.25 litres) chicken stock
  • sea salt and cracked black pepper, to taste
  • ½ cup (40g) finely grated parmesan
  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
  2. Place the oil in a big heavy-based ovenproof saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and bacon and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 6 minutes or until golden.
  3. Add the rice, pumpkin and stock and stir to combine.
  4. Cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid and carefully transfer it to the oven. Bake for 30 minutes.
  5. Remove the pan from the oven and take off the lid. Add the salt, pepper and parmesan and stir to combine. Continue stirring the risotto for about 2 minutes or until it thickens and any liquid is absorbed.
  6. Spoon the risotto into bowls and sprinkle with extra finely grated parmesan to serve, if you like. Serves 4–6

Photography: Chris Court 

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Lauren Bailey

5 star recipe. The amounts are precise. It only takes just over an hour to create. Worth cooking for your next dinner guests. The only thing I changed was I added baby spinach for some colour.

Tenneille Enever

Great recipe. To make it even better, air fry the pumpkin cubes first. Cook bacon for a few minutes before the onion or chop the bacon quite small. Perfecto

Jodie Ruth

Made this tonight.  Delicious! However,  next time I will roast the pumpkin first and stir it in towards the end. Then it caramelises rather than being boiled pumpkin! Also was just cooked at 40 minutes.

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