lemon rosemary risotto (via Nigella Lawson)
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 8:44PM
Risotto is the best comfort food we make. Along with fried goat cheese salad. And chocolate chunk cookies. And wine.
But risotto is right up there.
We make this risotto all year long, but we feel a little weird telling people we're having a hot bowl of love in the middle of August. So, now that we're in December, we're in full-on risotto weather. It's safe, finally, to share the love.
This lemon rosemary risotto is the perfect blend of tangy, creamy, and cheesy.
- The lemon and rosemary meld their flavors together, sort of in a Wonder Twins way. Individually, the lemon or the risotto would be great, but together, pretty amazing.
- You want the heavy cream here. It's important. Fat rules.
- And good Parm means something in this recipe. You will taste it, so get the best you can afford, whatever that means for you. It'll be good no matter what.
Risotto gets a bad name for being difficult. It isn't. Can you stir? Great, you can make risotto. Calm down. You're going to be great.
Note, we know that Nigella calls this just "Lemon Risotto." We think that tells only half the story. The rosemary is pronounced and wonderful.
Recipe | Lemon Rosemary Risotto from Nigella Lawson (via foodnetwork.com)
Nigella Lawson, risotto 
Reader Comments (17)
Comfort food for sure. Looks wonderful and makes me want to run and get my fleecy p.j.'s on :)
looks great I agree perfect comfort food
That first photo made my mouth water!
Of course you had me at "Lemon", but let me share that I'm doing a little happy dance here. I can stir! I can make risotto? Really? Okay, I'm going to trust you! May have to squeeze this tangy-creamy-cheesy-mound-of-comfort into this very weekend!
Thank you for sharing :-)
A bowl of good risotto can make almost anything better, can't it?? Adding lemon, rosemary and parmesan? Well, you just hit my personal trifecta.
"Brilliant"!! As my favorite brits would say!!
IT's risotto...with a cream sauce/custard for extra creaminess. Def a hot bowl of love. Creamy love.
I am a sucker for risotto with lemon. This looks utterly delicious!
I too love risotto with lemon! It brightens up an otherwise very rich dish... with the rosemary, it must be like taking bites of summer. :-)
There's a great recipe from Bon Appetit that you have to try next (up on the blog, of course). It really is my favorite.
I love risotto - such good comfort food. I have never tried it with this combination of flavors, but I must soon. Thanks!
This looks absolutely mouthwatering. I only recently discovered Nigella. I will definitely be trying this soon. Thanks for sharing!
Mmm. Love risotto. I've made it with artichokes and lemon but I have to say lemon rosemary is very intriguing.
Yes you are so right Risotto is comfort food year round for us too. It looks so delicious, I have to try it soon. What a great recipe find. Thanks for sharing!
I totally laughed out loud at "Calm down. Can you stir? Then you can make risotto." It's so true! Same with polenta! Easiest thing evar. People THINK it's hard.
I think I've told you this before, but risotto is my deserted-island food. If I had to live on ONE DISH, it'd be seafood risotto!
And I love anything with lemon in it. So, this will be on my table this week, most likely. Thanks for letting me know that cream is okay. (I shudder sometimes...)
Warm and comforting. Rosemary is my very favorite herb and the lemon in the recipe sounds delightful. Thanks for posting this. I'll have to give this a go sometime soon. Print!
I love risotto, and I also agree -not really that difficult. I like it with lots of wine, natch.
you have no idea how much i love your blog. your writing. your recipes. karen! it's a hit! i'm making this...
That looks more comforting than a bowl of soup. Delish!
LOVE risotto. We make it here in the middle of the hot, hot desert summer. Why? Because we don't have to turn on the oven. ;) Not sure about the egg in this risotto recipe, but we'll give it a try ... soon.