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Risotto with beer, sausage, and spinach

Risotto with a difference! This one is made with beer instead of the usual wine. It goes wonderfully with the sausage and spinach.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: entree, first course, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 400 g Arborio or Carnaroli rice 2 cups
  • Chicken stock stock cube
  • 1 small Onion
  • 4 Sausages approx 200g
  • 250 ml Beer 1 small bottle
  • 150 g frozen Spinach or 1 bunch fresh
  • 40 g Parmesan cheese 4 Tbsp
  • 1 tsp Salt

Instructions

  • Put the chicken stock, or pot of water with the bouillon cube in it, to simmer on the stove top.  Chop the onion finely and saute it in olive oil in a second pot. When the onion becomes translucent, crumble the sausage and add it.  Stir the mixture until the sausage is browned.
  • Add the rice and saute until it browns slightly.
  • Add the beer and let it boil off.
  • Add the frozen spinach, or chopped fresh spinach and 1 tsp of salt.
  • Pour in enough water/broth from your simmering pot to cover the rice mixture. and put the timer on for 13 minutes.  Now, STAY THERE AND DON'T MOVE!!  As the rice is cooking, watch the level of the water.  As it goes down, add water from the simmering pot, one ladle-full (or cupful) at a time. Stir the rice often.
  • As the time gets to around 12 minutes, start tasting the rice to see how done it is. The type of rice you have may vary the cooking times, so I'm being conservative here. If it's close to being cooked, don't add any more water and let the water in the rice boil off....and don't forget to stir it.....
  • Add the Parmesan cheese and stir it in.