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Ingredients

  • 320g of Carnaroli Rice
  • 850g / 30 oz. of asparagus
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 100g of grated parmigiano
  • 35g of butter
  • 1/2 glass of dry white wine
  • Vegetable broth
  • 3 shallots
  • 1 carrot
  • Bay leaf
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Directions

Step by Step

  1. Peel and boil half of the asparagus in plenty of boiling water for 6 minutes. Drain and add the cooking water to your already hot broth.
  2. Prepare the zabaglione: in a bowl on a hot bain-marie beat the egg yolks with salt, pepper, a tablespoon of parmesan, a tablespoon of white wine and half a ladle of broth, until you obtain a smooth cream; it will take about 10 minutes.
  3. Set aside the tips and blend the asparagus stalks with a ladle of broth until you obtain a fluid cream. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. In a saucepan, brown a sliced shallot with a bay leaf in 30 grams of butter, add the rest of the raw asparagus finely sliced, add the rice and toast it for a minute.
  5. Deglaze with half a glass of wine and cook for 10 minutes, gradually adding the necessary broth. Season with salt, add the tips kept aside and finish cooking after 5-6 minutes, also adding the fluid asparagus cream.
  6. Cream with a knob of butter and the parmesan.
  7. Complete with a spoonful of zabaglione before serving.