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Risotto Caprese - Risotto with Tomato, Mozarella and Basil

Gennaro Contaldo
The ingredients for this risotto are taken from the classic Caprese salad – tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. Simple to make and extremely tasty, it’s often my go-to midweek meal for the family - Gennaro Contaldo 
 
4.80 from 5 votes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 40 g/1½ oz/2 generous tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 2 handfuls of basil leaves
  • 260 g/9¼ oz cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 320 g/11¼ oz/1¾ cups risotto Arborio rice
  • 100 ml/3½ fl oz/7 tbsp white wine
  • 1.5 litres/52 fl oz/6½ cups hot vegetable stock bouillon
  • 200 g/7 oz mozzarella cut into small cubes
  • 30 g/1 oz/1/3 cup grated Parmesan

Instructions
 

  • Heat 20 g/¾ oz/1 generous tablespoon of butter and the olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan set over a medium heat. Add the onion and a couple of the basil leaves and sweat for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in the tomatoes and continue to sweat for 1 minute. Stir in the rice, making sure each grain is coated in oil. Add the wine and cook until the rice has absorbed it.
  • Then add a couple of ladles of hot stock, stirring with a wooden spoon until the rice has absorbed it all. Add a couple more ladles of stock and continue to cook in this way, stirring and adding more stock, for 17–20 minutes, until the risotto is cooked al dente.
  • Remove from the heat and add the remaining butter and mozzarella, stirring well until it has nicely melted into the risotto.
  • Stir in the grated Parmesan and remaining basil leaves and serve immediately.