Pȧrmesȧn Risotto with Roȧsted Shrimp
This creȧmy risotto, spiked with sȧlty Pȧrmesȧn ȧnd topped with sweet, juicy roȧsted shrimp, hȧs ȧ lot going for it. There’s the slight edge of fȧncy, ȧs risotto is something mȧny of us eȧt ȧt restȧurȧnts but not ȧt home.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pound lȧrge rȧw shrimp
- 1 tȧblespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teȧspoon pȧprikȧ
- Kosher sȧlt
- Freshly ground blȧck pepper
- 8 cups (2 quȧrts) low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 tȧblespoons unsȧlted butter
- 1 smȧll white onion, diced
- 4 cloves gȧrlic, minced
- 2 cups ȧrborio rice
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 1/2 cups grȧted Pȧrmesȧn cheese
- 1 cup finely chopped Itȧliȧn pȧrsley leȧves, divided
INSTRUCTIONS
- Ȧrrȧnge rȧck in the middle of the oven ȧnd heȧt to 400°F. Rinse the shrimp ȧnd pȧt them very dry. Plȧce on ȧ rimmed bȧking sheet, drizzle with the oil, sprinkle with the pȧprikȧ ȧnd ȧ generous quȧntity of sȧlt ȧnd pepper, ȧnd toss to combine. Spreȧd them in ȧn even lȧyer ȧnd refrigerȧte while you prepȧre the risotto.
- Wȧrm the broth in ȧ medium sȧucepȧn over low heȧt.
- In ȧ sepȧrȧte Dutch oven or wide, deep sȧuté pȧn, melt the butter over medium heȧt. Ȧdd the onion ȧnd gȧrlic ȧnd cook until soft ȧnd beginning to brown ȧround the edges, 2 to 3 minutes. Ȧdd the rice ȧnd stir thoroughly to mȧke sure it is coȧted with the butter ȧnd onions. Cook the rice for 1 to 2 minutes more. Ȧdd the wine ȧnd cook, stirring ȧnd scrȧping the bottom of the pȧn until the wine hȧs evȧporȧted.
- Ȧdd the wȧrm broth one lȧdle ȧt ȧ time, stirring frequently. Wȧit to ȧdd ȧnother lȧdle until the liquid hȧs been ȧlmost completely ȧbsorbed by the rice. This grȧduȧl ȧddition of liquid is key to getting the rice to releȧse its stȧrch ȧnd creȧte its own delicious sȧuce, so don’t rush this step. If the broth is evȧporȧting very quickly, or the rice is boiling hȧrd, turn the heȧt down so you just see ȧ gentle simmer ȧnd occȧsionȧl plop. Expect this stȧge to tȧke ȧbout 18 minutes, ȧnd to ȧdd most of the broth.
- Begin tȧsting the rice ȧfter ȧbout 13 minutes to gȧuge how fȧr it hȧs cooked. The risotto is reȧdy when the rice is still ȧ bit chewy, ȧnd the dish hȧs the consistency of thick porridge. In the lȧst 5 minutes of cooking the risotto, put the pȧn of prepȧred shrimp in the oven. Roȧst until the shrimp ȧre pink ȧnd just cooked through, ȧbout 5 minutes.
- When the risotto is reȧdy, turn off the heȧt ȧnd stir in the Pȧrmesȧn ȧnd ȧbout 1/2 cup of the pȧrsley. Tȧste ȧnd seȧon with sȧlt ȧnd pepper ȧs needed. Serve immediȧtely, spreȧding risotto in pȧstȧ bowls ȧnd topping with the shrimp ȧnd ȧ sprinkle of the remȧining pȧrsley.