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Part 1 of 2. Risotto with Sausage and Asparagus. Ingredients: 1 cup of risotto (Arborio) rice 3 Pork or Turkey Sausages; 2 Mild & 1 Hot 1 Lb asparagus 1 cup of dry white wine 1 cup of broth or asparagus water 1/4 onion 1 handful of parsley Salt & Pepper Hot Red pepper (if you’d like) Parmesan cheese, freshly grated! Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 20 min Getting Ready With the ingredients. Chop your Onion, not too thin… Chop the parsley very fine… Wash the asparagus, and put it in a pot of boiling water (5-7 Min). Then move it into a plate, but save the water you cooked it in it. Put a few asparagus aside (you will use it to decorate the dish), and chop the rest of it in 1/2-inch pieces. Cooking your dish. Sauté the onion on a medium-high flame. When browned, remove the casing from the sausages, and break the content into the pan…cook the onion and the sausage together until all the meat is golden brown. Do not worry; the onion won’t burn, as the sausages will start pouring juice in the pan… Add the rice…stir until all the ingredients are properly mixed (about a minute). Pour the wine and stir…Wait until almost all the wine is absorbed (let the alcohol evaporate)… From now, until the rice is cooked, your job is to keep the rice always wet…but not too much…Start using the broth, or if you prefer the water you cooked the asparagus in…add it slowly, while stirring… Season the rice with salt, pepper, the red pepper (if you’d like) and some of the …
