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Rach shares an easy recipe for lemon risotto, which also happens to be one of her family favorites. 

"Serve with a bitter or winter greens salad. To add more protein, top with sautéed shrimp." –Rach 

For another easy, lemony recipe, check out Katie Lee's Lemon Butter Pasta — only five ingredients!

Ingredients

  • 2 lemons
  • 4 cups chicken bone broth or stock or vegetable broth, plus 2 cups water
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • Salt and white pepper (red pepper for spicier finish)
  • 1½ cups Arborio or other short-grain rice of choice
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 teaspoon Acacia honey, or ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
  • 1 cup fresh basil, torn
  • Finely chopped fresh mint, to serve
  • Finely chopped pistachio, to serve

Yield

Serves: 4

Preparation

Zest the lemons. Halve and juice them.

Warm stock and water in medium saucepot.

Heat a round bottom pan over medium to medium-high heat with EVOO, add onions, garlic, lemon zest and salt and white or red pepper, and soften a few minutes, stirring frequently. Add rice and toast a minute or so more, add wine and let it absorb fully. Add stock in stages, a few ladles at a time, stirring vigorously to let the starches develop. Risotto should take 18 minutes after first addition of broth. Add honey, butter, juice of the 2 lemons and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and basil, adjust seasonings and serve in shallow bowls topped with mint and pistachio.