Skip to main content
Squash, leek and lemon risotto with Caerphilly recipe
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Squash, leek and lemon risotto with Caerphilly recipe

12 ingredients 10 min + 55 min 4 people openrecipes

A wonderful vegetarian risotto (if you use veggie stock), flavoured with sage, leeks, Caerphilly cheese and pine nuts.

Share this recipe

Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1096
Calories
55g
Protein
67g
Fat
66g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Pine Nut 1 oz (28g) 191
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Pumpkin not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500 butternut squash or pumpkin, peeled and cut into chunks
  • g handful fresh sage leaves
  • 1 olive oil
  • 2 pine nuts
  • tbsp butter
  • 2 medium British leeks, trimmed and finely sliced
  • tbsp garlic cloves, crushed
  • 50 Arborio risotto rice
  • g dry white wine
  • 3 to 1.2 litres hot chicken or vegetable stock
  • 2 lemon, zested then cut into wedges
  • 300 Caerphilly cheese, crumbled (or you can use Wensleydale, Cheshire or even grated cheddar)

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe in our database. View the full recipe at the original source →
By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

Curious what else pairs well?

Use our flavor tools to explore molecular pairings, find substitutes, and discover novel combinations.