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Food and wine pairings
The Springtime Table
Tomato risotto with chervil pesto
PREPARATION TIME
CLASSIC WINE PAIRING
A succulent, airy Bordeaux Blanc will accentuate this food and wine pairing, giving the risotto a refreshing, light taste.
ORIGINAL WINE PAIRING
If you want to bring out the flavor and sweetness of the cooked tomatoes and the chervil with a red wine, a Merlot-dominant Saint-Émilion is a smooth way to do so.
INGREDIENTS
For the risotto:
300g of cherry tomatoes
1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
7 halves of dried tomatoes
1 onion
2 tablespoons of olive oil
300g of risotto rice
1 tablespoon of tomato purée
200ml of white wine
1 l of vegetable stock
½ vanilla pod
Salt
For the chervil pesto:
50g of Parmesan
50g of chervil
30g of parsley
50g of pine nuts
150ml rapeseed oil
Salt
Instructions
Prepare the pesto first. Grate the Parmesan and place it in a mixer together with the chervil, parsley, pine nuts and rapeseed oil. Purée into a creamy pesto, season with salt and set aside. Preheat the oven to 200°C (top and bottom heat). Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of olive oil over them and add a clove of pressed garlic. Mix well and bake in a pre-heated oven for approx. 30 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and have started to caramelize a little.
In the meantime, dice the dried tomatoes and the onions. Scrape out the vanilla pods. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a saucepan. Sauté the onions, then add the risotto rice, dried tomatoes, vanilla and tomato purée. Brown briefly and deglaze with the wine. Add some vegetable stock and reduce while stirring. Add a little more stock and allow to reduce. Continue this process until the risotto is cooked al dente. Season to taste. Fold in the caramelized tomatoes and serve with the pesto.