Mushroom Sweet Potato Risotto
Shiitake mushrooms and sweet potatoes combine to create amazing flavor in this creamy, scrumptious mushroom sweet potato risotto. It’s perfect for both family dinners and entertaining.
You may think that risotto is a complicated dish to make, but trust me, it’s really quite easy. After your prep work is done, it takes less than 30 minutes to cook and it turns out perfectly every time.
The secret to making sure it turns out perfectly is to stir it continuously. That allows the liquid to absorb and brings out the starches in the rice, creating that creamy goodness.
What I also love about risotto is its flexibility. I’m especially loving this mushroom sweet potato risotto right now, but there are so many other combinations of ingredients that you can add. Whatever ingredients you decide to add, the method is always the same.
Start by sautéing your aromatics and any other vegetables, add the rice and sauté a couple more minutes. Then I always add 1 cup of white wine. This is where the stirring begins.
You stir the rice until the wine almost completely evaporates and then you start stirring in the stock, which has been brought to a simmer, one ladle at a time. The next ladle gets added when the last one has been mostly absorbed into the rice.
Once all of the liquid has been incorporated and the rice is nice and creamy, stir in the rest of your ingredients. In this case, that’s the sweet potato puree, mascarpone cheese and the parmesan cheese. Then the bacon bits are sprinkled on top.
If you prefer this dish to be vegetarian, omit the bacon and substitute vegetable stock for the chicken stock.
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Mushroom Sweet Potato Risotto
Shiitake mushrooms and sweet potatoes combine to create amazing flavor in this creamy, scrumptious mushroom sweet potato risotto. . It's perfect for both family dinners and entertaining.
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 4 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 (4 oz) pkgs shittake mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 medium red onion, chopped
- 3 large cloves garlic
- 1 1/2 cups arborio rice
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, minced
- 1 tsp dried sage (or 1 tbsp fresh)
- 1 tsp salt, divided
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
Instructions
Poke both sweet potatoes with a fork.
Microwave on high for 5 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
Allow to cool and then cut in half and scoop potato out of the skin.
Puree with an immersion blender, food processor or regular blender, until smooth.
Stir in about 1/4 cup of water.
In a sauce pan, bring chicken stock to a simmer, do not boil.
Place bacon in a large cold skillet.
Cook bacon over medium heat until crispy.
Remove bacon and drain on paper towels.
Once bacon has cooled, crumble or chop into small pieces.
Add olive oil to skillet with bacon fat.
Add mushrooms and sauté until starting to brown.
Add onion and continue sautéing until onions are translucent.
Stir in thyme, sage, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.
Stir in garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
Stir in rice and cook for 2 minutes more.
Add wine, stirring continuously, until it has evaporated.
Start stirring stock in, one ladle at a time, stirring continuously and adding the next ladle when the liquid has nearly evaporated.
Once all of the stock has been added, stir in the sweet potato puree, mascarpone and parmesan, until melted and fully incorporated.
Stir in remaining 1/2 tsp salt and parsley.
Top risotto with bacon bits.
Serve with additional parmesan and black pepper.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 359Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 947mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 2gSugar: 7gProtein: 11g
ENJOY!
This recipe looks and sounds perfect. The most appealing and luxurious risotto recipe I’ve ever come across! Love your other recipes too (and photos)
Thank you so much, Monika!
Just wanted to let you know that I am going to make this recipe over the weekend; it absolutely looks amazing. I love risotto and wish I thought of this myself.
Super thank you
That’s awesome Marinka! I hope you love it as much as we did!
This looks SO delicious and I wish I’d eaten it for lunch instead of the salad I just finished :). I love sweet potatoes and mushrooms AND risotto so this is basically a dream food for me!
I love risotto and the flavor combo right here sounds absolutely amazing!!!
Oh my gosh this looks so good. Creamy, mushrooms, wonderful. I can’t gush enough about how much I want this!
Risotto is one of my favorite meals – I love the savoriness of this meal. Your addition of the mushrooms and sweet potato really takes it to a new level. It looks just amazing!!
What a tasty looking risotto! This sure would be a great dish to serve for guests. Extra bacon for my serving 🙂
So creamy and delicious. I never thought to add sweet potatoes… YUM!
I love risotto and this one looks creamy and delicious! Love the little cast iron skillets!
I absolutely love risotto, but this just looks out of this world amazing! Definitely a must try!!
I love making risotto and laugh when I watch Top Chef and the person that decides to make risotto always gets kick off!! Risotto is super easy to make (my kids stir for me) and you are right in that you can add just about anything to it! This sweet potato addition sounds yummy!
All of the yummy flavors in this risotto sound amazing together! Pretty sure I could eat this all by itself for dinner and be perfectly happy!
This looks totally and completely SCRUMPTIOUS!
Risotto is my favorite comfort food – I would make it every Sunday night for dinner and turn it into soup on day two. Your version with sweet potatoes and mushrooms is just outa this world – delicious!
We’ve been getting so many mushrooms in our produce delivery! This is a great way to use them in new way for us—- we LOVED this recipe and will absolutely make it again!
I don’t make risotto nearly enough and love this one! Your recipe guarantees success even for a novice like me!
I could eat risotto all day long but with Brooks on his stupid Paleo diet, I haven’t been able to eat it as much as I like. He loves mushrooms so I might be able to convince him to eat this one! Especially with the sweet potatoes. Genius!
This is such a delicious way to use sweet potatoes! I love the idea of combining them to make this risotto! I can see it pairing well with so many dinners!
I love mushrooms! This MUSHROOM SWEET POTATO RISOTTO is perfect!!!
It would be really helpful if people who actually made the dish commented.
I was tempted to try this but then i saw that not a single of the reviewers (who i assume have left 5 stars) made the meal.