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Shrimp and Feta Risotto - you are going to LOVE this no-fail risotto recipe! The results are so creamy, perfect and delicious! Everyone will ask you for this recipe! | @tasteLUVnourish

Shrimp and Feta Risotto

December 30, 2012 By Caroline 8 Comments

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Making risotto, to me, is almost like meditation. It involves all of your attention and focus on doing something so simple, repetitive and peaceful. It’s all about stirring the pot and adding the broth in intervals. Try this technique…you’ll end up in a trance that your family will probably knock you out of as they coming running into the kitchen, cheering and hungry, once they smell it cooking!

Shrimp and Feta Risotto - you are going to LOVE this no-fail risotto recipe! The results are so creamy, perfect and delicious! Everyone will ask you for this recipe! | @tasteLUVnourish

This dish was inspired by a recipe I had found in Food & Wine magazine over ten years ago! I have improvised it so many times, but I think this version is my favorite. The tangy saltiness of the feta really is delicious against the richness of the risotto. I throw in some spinach because I love it. It adds some pretty color and lastly, spinach makes me feel just a little less guilty over eating this!

You can use any feta you like. I like to use French or Bulgarian feta because they are extremely creamy and they have a remarkable flavor that you’ll love. They honestly do not taste like any other feta. They work so well with risotto, where that creaminess is the goal.

Shrimp and Feta Risotto - you are going to LOVE this no-fail risotto recipe! The results are so creamy, perfect and delicious! Everyone will ask you for this recipe! | @tasteLUVnourish

Shrimp and Feta Risotto

You'll love this no-fail method for cooking perfectly creamy risotto.
Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 6 cups chicken or vegetable broth homemade or low-sodium
  • 2 pounds shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion finely diced
  • 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups arborio rice
  • 3/4 cup dry white wine
  • 6 - 8 large fresh basil leaves torn
  • 3 cups baby spinach
  • 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • zest of one lemon
  • Parmesan grated for serving

Instructions

  • In a large pot over high heat, bring the broth to a boil. Add the shrimp and simmer for about 3 minutes covered until just cooked. Be careful not to overcook them. Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon or small sieve and keep them in a bowl until ready to use. Keep the stock on a medium low heat to continue simmering.
  • In another large and heavy bottomed pot, melt the butter and olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and sauté for about 5 minutes until softened, then add the garlic. Continue to cook for another 2 minutes, then add the rice. Stir to coat the rice with the oils and cook for about 2 minutes. Do not get any color on the rice. Add the wine and simmer until mostly evaporated.
  • Now...clear your mind...this is where you start to meditate...
  • Using a large ladle, add about one cup of broth to the risotto and stir. Keep stirring as the rice absorbs the broth. As soon as you see the rice becoming more dry, add another ladleful. And stir. And add. And stir. You get it. Keep this up until the rice becomes tender and creamy, but still has some body. This will take about 25 minutes.
  • Remove the rice from the heat and add the shrimp, basil, spinach, feta and lemon zest. Serve with some freshly grated Parmesan on top.

Notes

Food & Wine magazine had suggested a crisp Sauvignon Blanc with their version of risotto. I think either that, or a wonderful light Pinot Grigio would work well with this recipe.
If you feel the rice is done and you have a tiny bit of broth left, don't feel that you have to keep cooking. If it's done, it's done. You don't want mush. Save the broth though, you may find that once you remove the risotto from the heat and add the final ingredients, you may want to add that broth to "loosen" things up.
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  1. Mindy

    June 22, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    How can we adjust cooking for using brown rice?

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    • Caroline Hurley

      June 25, 2014 at 12:59 pm

      Hi Mindy. There are some techniques where you can make a risotto type of dish using brown rice, but I haven’t tried them. I know the results are much different from the creamy texture you’d get from the arborio rice.

      Reply
  2. Heather @ Sugar Dish Me

    November 27, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Whaaaat are you doing to me?! This is delicious looking awesomeness. Spinach negates all calories, FYI. No guilt. And now I feel like I need to carefully read all the feta labels! I think I’ve been missing out!

    Reply
    • Caroline

      November 27, 2013 at 6:07 pm

      Hahaha…girl, you just made my night! If I’d known that adding spinach meant no calories, I’d have eaten this whole thing myself! :)

      Reply
  3. Peter @ Feed Your Soul Too

    October 25, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    I just loved this pic. Such a unique but great sounding combination of flavors. Thx for submitting. I featured your recipe and pic in my Friday Five – Risotto addition over at Feed Your Soul Too – http://www.feedyoursoul2.com/2013/10/friday-five-risotto-addition.html

    Reply
    • Caroline

      October 25, 2013 at 7:16 pm

      Thanks so much Peter! I’m super flattered! This is one of our favorite dishes! I make it often! Your Friday Five Risottos are all really beautiful! Thank you for including mine!

      Reply
  4. Peter @Feed Your Soul Too

    October 23, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    This looks beautiful. So simple but I am sure it has plenty of flavor.

    Reply
    • Caroline

      October 23, 2013 at 1:58 pm

      Well, thank you so much Peter! I’m flattered! It really is delicious…this is one of those recipes I seem to make often.

      Reply

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