Mixed Mushroom and Italian Sausage Risotto
with Fried Sage Leaves
Ingredients: Mild Italian sausage (pork, water, spices, salt, sugars (sugar, dextrose), onion, dehydrated garlic, flavour, sunflower oil, dehydrated red bell pepper) • Mushroom blend (cremini mushroom, white mushroom, oyster mushroom) • Arborio rice • White cooking wine (sulphites) (cooking wine (wine, salt, potassium sorbate, malic acid, sulphites)) • Yellow onion • Spinach • Parmesan cheese (milk) (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) • Vegetable broth concentrate (vegetable juice concentrates (tomato, mushroom, onion, carrot, celery), sugars (sugar, maltodextrin), salt, yeast extract) • Sage • Garlic • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide) • Chili flakes.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
250 g
Mild Italian Sausage, uncased
200 g
Mixed Mushrooms
¾ cup
Arborio Rice
56 g
Yellow Onion, chopped
56 g
Baby Spinach
7 g
Sage
2 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
2 unit(s)
Vegetable Broth Concentrate
(Contains: Milk, Sesame, Gluten, Egg, Fish, Mustard, Crustaceans, Soy, Tree nuts, Wheat, Sulphites, May contain traces of allergens)
4 tbsp
White Cooking Wine
(Contains: Sesame, Wheat, Gluten, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Egg, Fish, Milk, Sulphites, Crustaceans, May contain traces of allergens, Sulphites)
4 g
Garlic Salt
(Contains: Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts, May contain traces of allergens)
½ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
4 g
Chili Flakes
(Contains: Sulphites, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Milk, Sesame, Triticale, Wheat, Peanuts, May contain traces of allergens)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
0.13 tsp
Salt*
2 tbsp
Oil*
2 tbsp
Butter*
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, wash and dry all produce.
- Trim stems from button and cremini mushrooms, then thinly slice caps. Keep caps and stems separate.
- Cut or tear oyster mushrooms lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices.
- Pick sage leaves from stems. Keep leaves and stems separate.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Line a plate with paper towels. Set aside.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) oil, then sage leaves. Fry for 1 min, until crisp. (TIP: We love to use olive oil for frying sage.)
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer fried sage to the paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt while hot. Set aside.
- Reserve residual sage oil in the pan.
- Meanwhile, in a medium pot, combine 4 1/2 cups (5 1/2 cups) warm water, broth concentrate, sage stems and mushroom stems.
- Cover and bring to a boil over high.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to medium-low, still covered.
- Reheat the pan with sage oil (from step 2) over medium-high.
- When hot, add sausage, along with onions and remaining mushrooms to the pan Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 4-6 min, breaking up sausage into smaller pieces, until veggies have softened and sausage is cooked through.**
- Add garlic salt and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) chili flakes. (NOTE: Like things spicy? Add more chili flakes!)
- Season with pepper, then stir to combine.
- To the pan with sausage, add rice and garlic. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until fragrant.
- Add cooking wine. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until wine is absorbed.
- Add 1 cup broth from the pot. (NOTE: Leave sage and mushroom stems behind in the pot.)
- Reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring often, until broth is absorbed by rice.
- Continue to add broth, 1 cup at a time, stirring often for 25-30 min, until broth is absorbed, texture is creamy and rice is tender.
- When the final addition of broth has been added to the risotto, add spinach, half the Parmesan and 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter.
- Cook for 1-3 min, stirring often, until spinach wilts and broth is almost completely absorbed.
- Remove from heat, then season with salt and pepper.
- Divide risotto between bowls.
- Sprinkle remaining Parmesan and fried sage over top.
- Sprinkle with any remaining chili flakes.
If you've opted to add sausage, reheat the pan with sage oil (from step 2) over medium-high. When hot, add sausage, along with onions and remaining mushrooms to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 4-6 min, breaking up sausage into smaller pieces, until veggies have softened and sausage is cooked through.** Follow the rest of the recipe as written.
