Risotto with Tomatoes, Basil and Mascarpone

No meat today! I think we are going vegetarian for a few days...we meat OD'ed.

Risotto with Tomatoes, Basil and Mascarpone
Source: A Good American Wife

Yay or Nay: Andria: Yay! This risotto was super creamy and full of flavour. It's not that hard to make either. John: Yay! It was like eating a creamy bowl of paradise.

Substitutions and Comments: We had to make a few substitutions to this recipe mostly because we were lacking ingredients. We had originally planned to make pasta today, but we found this recipe a few days ago and we wanted to use the rest of our mascarpone before it expired. This recipe gave us a chance to achieve that goal in a pretty tasty way. First, we had no leeks - we stupidly used all of them in our veal and mushroom stew. Also, we had no parmigian cheese. We changed around the rice/broth ratio a bit and did 1 1/2 cups rice to 6 cups broth. Finally, since we had no white wine we opted for the rice vinegar option. We used fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden (with the cherry tomatoes donated from the Bancheri family garden).

Recipe: Risotto with Tomatoes, Basil and Mascarpone

And now for some delicious, delicious pictures!!

Tomatoes and Basil

This is what mascarpone looks like.

The Simmering Risotto

Tomatoes and Basil mixture with olive oil and salt/pepper

The whole shebang.

Plated nicely :)

Stay hungry :D