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    Published: Jan 7, 2018 · Modified: Aug 28, 2019 by Slow The Cook Down

    Red Wine Risotto with Steak

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    Hi everyone!  I hope you all had amazing Christmas' and New Years?!  Now, I know lots of people will be looking to cut the calories in January, but personally, January is the time when I just want comfort food.  It's freezing in Toronto right now, it's been hovering around -20ºc for a few days, so I'm all about tucking up with some Netflix and eating cosy food!  I first published this recipe about 18 months ago, but felt it was due a revisit as it's so god damn tasty!  Time to get snuggled up with my indulgent Red Wine Risotto!

    Red Wine Risotto with Steak and Topped With Parmesan

    Red Wine Risotto - a twist on a classic Italian dish

    Risotto is a classic Italian dish, and like all Italian dishes it's carb loaded perfect comfort food.  Traditionally it is cooked with white wine, so in true Slow The Cook Down style, I decided to mix it up and make red wine risotto, and oh my....you will never cook risotto with white again! The red wine brings an amazing rich depth of flavour to the dish and those colours make it feel super luxurious.

    Can you use red wine in a risotto? - Of course you can!

    Just because white wine is used more commonly used, it doesn't mean you can't use red wine in a risotto.  Red wine risotto has a richer taste than it's white wine counterpart, so it can perfectly handle some good quality steak mixed in.  However if you are catering for vegetarians or having a meat free Monday, you can just leave the steak out and substitute the chicken stock for vegetable stock.  It will still be delish, I promise!

    Red Wine Risotto with Steak and Topped With Parmesan

     Red Wine Risotto - keep stirring!

    I'm not going to lie, a good risotto is not something that can be thrown together in twenty minutes, make sure you set aside a good a hour to give it all the love it needs.  I love making risotto, I find something super calming in the seemingly never ending stirring of the rice.  The more you stir the creamier it gets, so enjoy the experience and you will enjoy the eating!

    A few simple, store cupboard materials make up this tasty dish. The steak is perfectly tender and the rice is creamy and rich. Comfort food with an added wine hug.  Win!

    If you are looking for other main course ideas, check out my Stuffed Chicken One Sheet Meal, Coffee Marinated Steak Stuffed with Lentils & Blue Cheese or my Beef Stir Fry with Rainbow Veg

    Red Wine Risotto with Steak and Topped With Parmesan

     

    Red Wine Risotto with Steak and Topped With Parmesan

    Red Wine Risotto With Steak

    A delicious and hearty risotto is perfect comfort food for cold nights.  Rich, tasty and truly decadent
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Italian
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 606kcal
    Author: Slow The Cook Down

    Ingredients

    • 8 to 9 ounces Ribeye steak (about 250g)
    • 3.5 ounces salted butter cubed (100g)
    • 1.6 pints chicken stock (750ml)
    • 1 onion finely sliced
    • 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
    • 7 ounces risotto rice arborio, carnaroli or vialone nano (200g)
    • 6.75 ounces red wine (200ml)
    • 5 sprigs of thyme tied with kitchen string
    • 1 tablespoon creme fraiche
    • salt and pepper
    • lime zest

    Instructions

    • Lay the steak on a sheet of clingfilm, and lay another sheet over the top.  Using a meat tenderiser (or rolling pin) bash the meat out until it is about ½ cm thick. Put a frying pan on a high heat and add in 50g of the butter.  When the butter starts foaming add the steak.  Fry the steak for one minute, then flip it.  Flip again after another minute, and then again, so that you have cooked the steak for 2 mins on each side in total.  Place to one side.
    • Make up the stock and put in a pan on a low heat to keep it warm.  Don't let it boil.
    • Put a frying pan over a low-medium heat and add in the rest of the butter.  Once hot, add in the onions and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes until they start to soften - don't let them go brown.  Stir in the risotto rice, add the thyme and cook for a couple of minutes.
    • Add in 100ml of the red wine and stir.  Keep stirring until the wine has absorbed, then add a ladle of the stock. Keep stirring and moving the rice constantly, this will really get it nice and creamy - it's worth the effort, I promise!  Once the stock has been absorbed, add another ladle of stock.  Repeat until you have used all of the stock and the rice is cooked - this will take around 30minutes - be patient!
    • In between stirring, slice the steak into strips around ½cm wide by ½ cm long.
    • Once the last ladle of stock has been absorbed, take out the thyme, and add the rest of the red wine, the juice from the lime, the creme fraiche, a good pinch of pepper and the steak strips.  Stir, stir, stir until the red wine has been absorbed.  Take off of the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes.
    • Serve in bowls, sprinkle with parmesan and grate over a little lime zest.

    Notes

    Nutritional values are based on one of four servings.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 606kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 491mg | Potassium: 520mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 875IU | Vitamin C: 10.9mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 4.6mg
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    1. Tamsin says

      January 25, 2022 at 7:56 pm

      5 stars
      Easy recipe and fantastic flavour

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    2. Tracy Koslicki says

      February 02, 2018 at 5:19 am

      5 stars
      Risotto is sooo delicious! And I've had it before with red wine and LOVED it! Perfect with steak!

      Reply
      • Slow The Cook Down says

        February 05, 2018 at 8:58 pm

        It has such a rich flavour to it - so different to the white wine variety!

        Reply
    3. Healthy World Cuisine says

      January 16, 2018 at 2:47 am

      5 stars
      That is a fabulous idea and perfect with a steak. I have not tried red wine in our risotto before but we usually are red wine drinkers so this is perfect.

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