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Pumpkin Risotto

Cooking time: 60 minutes
Servings: 4

A warm and creamy risotto with sweet Hokkaido pumpkin, fresh thyme, and a hint of white wine. The cheese adds a rich and rounded flavor, making the dish perfect as both a main course and a side dish on autumn evenings.

Pumpkin Risotto

Ingredients

  • ½ Hokkaido pumpkin
  • 2 onions
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1 handful of fresh thyme
  • 400 g arborio or risotto rice
  • 1 liter vegetable broth
  • 150 g Grana Padano cheese
  • 200 ml white wine

Instructions

  1. Peel the pumpkin and cut it into small cubes
  2. Chop the onions and garlic and sauté them in a pan with the pumpkin cubes and thyme
  3. Stir in the rice and fry briefly
  4. Add the white wine and let it reduce
  5. Pour the vegetable broth over the rice a little at a time. The rice should be covered
  6. Cook everything over medium heat for 20 - 25 minutes
  7. Add the Parmesan cheese and stir well until melted
  8. Season with salt and pepper and serve with Parmesan and fresh thyme

Pumpkin Risotto

Dinner
Pumpkin Risotto

A warm and creamy risotto with sweet Hokkaido pumpkin, fresh thyme, and a hint of white wine. The cheese adds a rich and rounded flavor, making the dish perfect as both a main course and a side dish on autumn evenings.

Posted on 10/23/2025

Servings

4

Total time

1 hour

Servings

4

Total time

1 hour

Ingredients

•
½ Hokkaido pumpkin
•
2 onions
•
4 cloves of garlic
•
1 handful of fresh thyme
•
400 g arborio or risotto rice
•
1 liter vegetable broth
•
150 g Grana Padano cheese
•
200 ml white wine

Instructions

1

Peel the pumpkin and cut it into small cubes

2

Chop the onions and garlic and sauté them in a pan with the pumpkin cubes and thyme

3

Stir in the rice and fry briefly

4

Add the white wine and let it reduce

5

Pour the vegetable broth over the rice a little at a time. The rice should be covered

6

Cook everything over medium heat for 20 - 25 minutes

7

Add the Parmesan cheese and stir well until melted

8

Season with salt and pepper and serve with Parmesan and fresh thyme


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