Easiest Way to Make Favorite Slow cooker butternut squash risotto

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker butternut squash risotto. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow cooker butternut squash risotto is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Slow cooker butternut squash risotto is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker butternut squash risotto using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow cooker butternut squash risotto:

1. Take 1 large leek
2. Prepare 3 garlic cloves
3. Take 1 and quarter cup of Arborio rice
4. Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
5. Prepare half medium butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded and finely chopped
6. Take 1 small courgette
7. Make ready 1 litre stock (I used vegetable bouillon)
8. Prepare dried mixed herbs - rosemary, thyme, basil
9. Get 1 tsp mustard
10. Get 100 g gran pedano cheese
11. Get small knob of butter (optional)
12. Make ready plenty of salt and black pepper to season
13. Get fresh basil to serve (optional)

Steps to make Slow cooker butternut squash risotto:

1. Mix olive oil and Arborio rice in slow cooker so that rice is fully coated.
2. Mix in garlic, leek, courgette and squash.
3. Add the stock, mustard and herbs and stir well.
4. Cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for up to 4 hours. Alternatively, you can start the cooking on high for an hour and then turn it down if its starting to absorb the liquid too quickly. Stir once or twice during cooking to check its not sticking.
5. Just before serving, add the gran pedano cheese and season well.
6. Serve with torn fresh basil leaves and a little more gran pedano. As an alternative, this can be a side dish served with a rocket salad or pan fried salmon. Its also lovely with some crispy, fried slivers of parma ham!

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