Risotto with Green Beans and Yellow Bell Pepper

If the Italian word for summer were not estate, which in English has meanings wholly unrelated to the season, it would have become part of the title of this risotto, a warm-weather companion to the well-known primavera, the risotto with spring vegetables. Title aside, it is very much a summer dish, whether or not your market has yellow peppers and green beans all year round. It tastes and looks like summer, the appropriate time for enjoying it.

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