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Pumpkin Risotto: an in-depth guide

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pumpkin Risotto: an in-depth guide

Set the amount of ingredients you want to use with one of the two options below:

you can pick the number of servings with x1, x2, x3 and so on. Servings are indicative, adjust them to your preference.
you can set the amount of Carnaroli rice you want to use. For example, if you want to use 340 grams, type 340 in the box below.

Quantity

Carnaroli rice (min g, max g): g

1. Ingredients

Risotto (saucepan, in order of addition)

Ingredient	Quantity
Delica or Mantovana pumpkin, trimmed raw	650 g
Extra-virgin olive oil (for the base)	25 g (about 2 tbsp)
Shallot, finely chopped (or 1 medium onion per 4 people)	2
Carnaroli rice	320 g
Dry white wine, optional, or see alternatives	120 ml
Hot vegetable stock	1400 ml

Halfway through cooking, fold in the cooked, mashed pumpkin (see method).

Soft Pumpkin Sformato (from the burger mix)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Soft Pumpkin Sformato (from the burger mix)

This sformato comes from the same mix as the moulded pumpkin burgers/balls: up to the point where the mix is ready (roasted pumpkin, cannellini, onion, carrot, spices and oil, blended) the recipe is identical. From there, instead of pressing and slicing, you take part of it, set it in a pan with a little tomato and get a soft sformato, to eat with a spoon or as a mash. It is all done by eye, no weighing: add the tomato a little at a time, about half the weight of the pumpkin mix. It turns into a vegetarian dish by adding a tasty cheese like parmesan, mozzarella, scamorza.

Moulded Pumpkin Balls

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Moulded Pumpkin Balls

This is a really quick and versatile recipe: it starts from the pumpkin burger mix, and from there you can make balls, as in this recipe, or the pumpkin burgers themselves, or the pumpkin flan. The base mix, quickly prepared with pumpkin, potatoes or legumes and spices, can be put in a fridge container and kept aside for the following days, or it can be frozen and used when needed.

Pumpkin Burgers

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pumpkin Burgers

What is the difference between these burgers and the moulded ones? Well, if you want a finished burger with a precise shape (round, heart-shaped, bigger/smaller, ...) then the hand-formed burgers give a more defined result, but this takes more time because you actually have to shape the burgers one by one. If instead you prefer a quicker preparation, once the mixture is ready you can put it into a container, as shown in the moulded pumpkin burgers recipe, and refrigerate it; then when you need to cook the burgers, just take the mixture from the mould and cut the slices you need, where each slice will be a burger.