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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. NB: I like to use a fairly strong flavoured, but creamy blue cheese, like Gorgonzola, but Stilton is also nice. Stock-wise, you may need a little more or less than in the ingredients list. | 2. Bring stock up to a simmer. | 3. Halve the leeks and remove any gritty bits from inside the rings. Cut the leek into fine strips rather than semi-circles, of approx 1-2 inches in length. | 4. Melt half the butter with the olive oil and cook the leeks for approx 10 minutes over a low-medium heat until soft and tinged with brown. | 5. Add bacon to pan and cook for about 5 minutes. | 6. Stir in garlic and rice, cook for a further minute or two, stirring the rice until it's coated in the butter and oil and starts to go slightly translucent. | 7. Add the wine to the pan, turning up the heat to bubble most of it away. | 8. Add a ladleful of hot stock to the leek and rice mixture at a time, stirring more or less constantly. Add more stock each time that most of the liquid has been absorbed. Add the fresh sage. | 9. Keep doing this for approximately 15 - 25 minutes, until the risotto is creamy, but the rice grains still have a slight bite. You'll need to start testing the rice after about 15 minutes, but it may take a little longer. | 10. Turn off the heat. | 11. Stir in the lemon juice, zest, remaining butter, parmesan and blue cheese. | 12. Leave the risotto for another 2 minutes until rich, creamy and luscious. Season to taste with black pepper and salt if needed. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	ounces		323.19	14.8497	10.0983	27.215999999999998
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
leek	12	ounces	trimmed	207.5183	48.1374	5.1029	1.0206
garlic clove	2		crushed	302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
bacon	6	ounces	smoked diced	384.4191	3.2148	27.1135	28.7974
arborio rice	12	ounces		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
white wine	100			-	-	-	-
chicken stock vegetable	1 1/2	1/2		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
sage	2	teaspoons	chopped	-	-	-	-
lemon juice zest	1		juice	302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
blue cheese	6	ounces		823.2693	8.1136	2.3303	86.9195
parmesan cheese	4	tablespoons	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.