Risotto with Lemon

Risotto al Limone

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a main course
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in
How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

  • About

When my mother-in-law, Jackie, comes to visit around Thanksgiving, she usually brings wonderfully fragrant, sweet Meyer lemons that she grows in her California backyard. When I made this typical Italian risotto with them, it was superb.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Put the broth in a pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to maintain a very gentle simmer.
  2. Peel and finely chop the onion. Put it in a heavy-bottomed braising pan with 2 tablespoons of the butter. Place over medium-high heat and sauté until it turns a