Gold Beet Risotto with Blood Orange

• 2 cups Alborio rice1 lb gold beets

  

  Gold Beet Risotto with Blood OrangeTender rice, gold beets, and blood oranges help make up chef Gaston Javier Sanchez’s (Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa) Florida-inspired risotto dish. Fresh herbs add flavor, and a half-cup of mascarpone cheese makes the dish deliciously creamy. Click Here for the Recipe

• 1 blood orange
• 1/4 cup blood orange juice
• 3 tbsp. blood orange zest
• 3 tbsp. garlic, minced
• ¼ cup shallots, minced
• ½ cup mascarpone cheese
• ½ cup white wine
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• ¼ cup Asiago cheese
• Salt and pepper   to taste
• ¼ cup mixed fresh herbs
• ¼ cup olive oil

1. Wash and wrap beets individually with foil.
2. Roast in oven for 30 minutes at 350 or until slightly tender and let cool.
3. Cut beets into small dice
4. In a rondo pot, add olive oil and set to med-high heat
5. Add garlic and shallots, cook for 40 seconds
6. Stir in rice and make sure all integrated
7. Deglaze with wine
8. Add one ladle of stock and bring to a boil
9. Repeat process several times until rice becomes tender but al dente, stirring very frequently
10. Add salt and pepper, 1 tbsp. each
11. Add juice and cheeses and integrate
12. Add beets, zest and mixed herbs and integrate

By this time, you should have a very creamy and decadent risotto. Check seasoning and adjust to taste. Slice blood orange into half-moon slices and garnish.