Delicata Squash and Radicchio Risotto with Le Gruyère®

By Alanna Taylor-Tobin

This comforting risotto is topped with brown butter, roasted squash, crispy sage and wilted radicchio. It gets a creamy flavor boost from delicious Emmi Le Gruyère® AOP.
Yield
4 servings
Total Time

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 5 Delicata squash, seeded and cut into large chunks
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large yellow onion, finely diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 2 cups Arborio rice
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 4-6 cups hot vegetable stock
  • 1 cup packed, grated, Emmi Le Gruyère® AOP
  • 1 handful of sage leaves
  • Sunflower oil
  • Leaves from 1 small head radicchio, in 2-inch pieces
  • 1 squeeze of lemon

Method

  1. Prepare the squash: Simmer the butter in a medium saucepan for 5 minutes until golden and nutty. Then place squash in a baking dish, toss with brown butter, and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Cover and roast in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Uncover and cook for an additional 10-20 minutes until squash is golden and tender.
  3. Prepare the risotto: Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and stir occasionally for 10 minutes until tender. Add garlic and rice, stir for 3 minutes.
  4. Add wine, stir occasionally until mostly absorbed.
  5. Add 1 cup of vegetable stock, stirring occasionally until it is mostly absorbed. Continue adding stock until rice is tender and creamy.
  6. Stir in Le Gruyère® AOP and season with salt and pepper.
  7. Prepare the garnish Heat a film of sunflower oil in a wide skillet. Add sage leaves and fry until crisp.
  8. Wilt radicchio in oil. Add lemon and season with salt and pepper. Serve together.