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Creamy risotto layer cake
Photo: David Holifield

Creamy risotto layer cake

15 ingredients 50 min Serves 8 - 10 openrecipes
Creamy risotto layer cake

A perfect veggie main that goes brilliantly with traditional Christmas accompaniments

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1062
Calories
30g
Protein
75g
Fat
69g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Pine Nut 1 oz (28g) 191
Mascarpone 2 tbsp (28g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Savoy Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Chestnut 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

  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 300g shallots , half chopped, the rest thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 500g pack risotto rice (we used arborio)
  • 200ml white wine
  • 1.2-1.4l/2-2½ pts hot vegetable stock
  • about 50g butter
  • 100g vegetarian Parmesan -style cheese, finely grated (we used Twineham Grange Itlaian-style cheese)
  • 1 large butternut squash (about 1.2kg/2lb 10oz unprepped weight), peeled and cut into small cubes
  • 200g pack vacuum-packed chestnuts , roughly chopped
  • 100g pack pine nuts , toasted
  • small bunch sage , chopped
  • 2 sprigs rosemary , finely chopped
  • 2 Savoy cabbages (you only need the outside leaves)
  • 250g tub mascarpone

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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