Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, kabocha squash risotto. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kabocha Squash Risotto is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Kabocha Squash Risotto is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Cut the squash into chunks, removing the skin and the seeds. Kabocha (not to be confused with the drink Kombucha) is a wonderful variety of squash with an earthy taste similar to pumpkin. It is more complex than the ubiquitous butternut squash frequently used in risotto and it has the bonus of having an edible skin. Usually I have a gage in my head that lets me know how good the dinner I'm making is going to be.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook kabocha squash risotto using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Kabocha Squash Risotto:

1. Prepare 100 grams Kabocha squash
2. Take 180 ml White rice
3. Prepare 1/2 Onion
4. Prepare 2 slice Bacon
5. Get 1/4 Carrot
6. Prepare 1 Mushrooms you like
7. Prepare 2 cubes ●Consommé cube
8. Get 1/2 tsp ●Turmeric
9. Prepare 600 ml ●Water
10. Get 10 grams Butter
11. Take 40 grams Cheese

While it looks green and unripe on the outside, the inside will be bright orange and wonderful. It has almost a pumpkin flavor, but I think it's a bit more rich somehow. Kabocha squash is commonly called Japanese pumpkin and has a sweet, moist flavor reminiscent of chestnuts. This recipe was created by Carol Field, an expert on Italian cuisine, and it doesn't require constant stirring and undivided attention like traditional risottos, such as the Mushroom Risotto I made last month.

Steps to make Kabocha Squash Risotto:

1. Cut onion, bacon, carrot and kabocha squash into 1cm dice. Cut the mushrooms small as well. Wash the white rice and drain in a sieve.
2. Put all the ● ingredients in a pan and heat. Turn off the heat once the consommé cube and the turmeric have dissolved.
3. Put bacon, onion, carrot and mushroom into the pan and saute.
4. When the onion becomes transparent, add the white rice.
5. When the white rice is transparent, add 1/3 of the mixed ingredients from Step 2. Turn the heat to high, and continue sauteing to evaporate any liquid.
6. Once some of the liquid has evaporated, add 1/2 of the mixed ingredients from Step 2. Keep the heat high and continue sauteing while continuing to evaporate the liquid.
7. Once the liquid has reduced some more, add all of the remaining mixture from Step 2 and cover with a lid. Steam for 13 minutes on medium heat.
8. Remove the lid. Add cheese and mix well. It's ready when the cheese has melted and it has mixed well with the rice.

Kabocha squash is commonly called Japanese pumpkin and has a sweet, moist flavor reminiscent of chestnuts. This recipe was created by Carol Field, an expert on Italian cuisine, and it doesn't require constant stirring and undivided attention like traditional risottos, such as the Mushroom Risotto I made last month. You can use kabocha squash much like butternut in soups and stews, baked goods and breakfast items. If the squash you have is green but looks more like an acorn squash, it may be a buttercup squash. To pick a good kabocha squash at the store, look for one that is firm and has a deep-colored green rind.

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