Butternut, Sausage and Pear Risotto

Butternut, Sausage and Pear Risotto is perfect comfort food. Think creamy risotto combined with caramelized butternut squash, sausage and pear.

Supplies:

• Oven safe skillet

Ingredients:

• 280 grams Arborio rice (about 70 grams per person)

• 500 grams butternut squash

• 1 pear

• 200 grams sausage (2 links)

• 50 grams yellow onion (half of a medium onion)

• 1/4 tsp dried thyme

• 700 grams chicken broth or vegetable broth

• 65 grams butter (reserve 2/3 of the butter for the final step of mantecare)

• 45 grams Parmigiano

• Gorgonzola cheese (optional)

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• Salt to taste

• Cayenne pepper to taste (optional)

Recipe and video courtesy of Fontana Forni USA