<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>First Course on 🍽️ Recipes &amp; ⚗️ Analysis by Diego</title><link>https://d1bq9h9neea2co.cloudfront.net/en/tags/first-course/</link><description>Recent content in First Course on 🍽️ Recipes &amp; ⚗️ Analysis by Diego</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://d1bq9h9neea2co.cloudfront.net/en/tags/first-course/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Pumpkin Risotto: an in-depth guide</title><link>https://d1bq9h9neea2co.cloudfront.net/en/savoury/risotto-zucca/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://d1bq9h9neea2co.cloudfront.net/en/savoury/risotto-zucca/</guid><description>&lt;h1&gt;Pumpkin Risotto: an in-depth guide&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-1-ingredients"&gt;1. Ingredients&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-2-method"&gt;2. Method&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-3-cooking-pumpkin"&gt;3. Cooking the pumpkin: oven or microwave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-4-sofrito"&gt;4. The base: shallot and alternatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-5-toasting"&gt;5. Toasting the rice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-6-wine"&gt;6. Deglazing with wine and residual alcohol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-7-mantecatura"&gt;7. Mantecatura: EVO oil and Parmigiano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-8-storage"&gt;8. Storage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#en-9-evidence"&gt;9. Scientific evidence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div class="scaler-title"&gt;Set the amount of ingredients you want to use with one of the two options below:&lt;ul class="scaler-options"&gt;&lt;li&gt;you can pick the number of servings with x1, x2, x3 and so on. &lt;span class="scaler-note"&gt;Servings are indicative, adjust them to your preference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;you can set the amount of Carnaroli rice you want to use. &lt;span class="scaler-note"&gt;For example, if you want to use 340 grams, type 340 in the box below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="scaler-connector"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carnaroli rice&lt;/strong&gt; (min &lt;span class="scaler-bound-min-exact"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; g, max &lt;span class="scaler-bound-max-exact"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; g):&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span class="scaler-unit"&gt;g&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="en-1-ingredients"&gt;1. Ingredients&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Risotto (saucepan, in order of addition)&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Delica or Mantovana pumpkin, trimmed raw&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="qty" data-qty="650" data-unit="g"&gt;650 g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Extra-virgin olive oil (for the base)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="qty" data-qty="25" data-unit="g"&gt;25 g&lt;/span&gt; (about 2 tbsp)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Shallot, finely chopped (or 1 medium onion per 4 people)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="qty" data-qty="2" data-unit=""&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Carnaroli rice&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="qty" data-qty="320" data-unit="g" data-scale-anchor="riso"&gt;320 g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Dry white wine, optional, or see alternatives&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="qty" data-qty="120" data-unit="ml"&gt;120 ml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Hot vegetable stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="qty" data-qty="1400" data-unit="ml"&gt;1400 ml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Halfway through cooking, fold in the cooked, mashed pumpkin (see method).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>