This amazing risotto is made with the king of mushrooms and it’s a classic fall first course: let’s cook with Sonia the risotto with porcini mushrooms! *** Mmmh what an amazing porcini risotto, it’s made with the king of mushrooms and it’s probably the most classic fall first course. It smells really good, but let’s see together what ingredients we’ll need to make it: • about 2 pints (1 lt) of vegetable broth • 1 small golden onion • 1 clove of garlic • 1 ¾ cups (320 g) of Carnaroli (or Arborio) rice • ½ cup (50 g) of grated parmesan cheese • ½ stick (60 g) of butter • 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil • 14 oz (400 g) of fresh porcini mushrooms • 1 bunch of chopped parsley • salt / pepper Let’s prepare the risotto with porcini mushrooms: When buying the porcini mushrooms, look out for 2 things: first, check for holes in the stems, since there may be worms inside; second, turn the mushroom over to see if the sponge under the cap is white in colour, if it’s green or brown, it means that it’s already too old. As for cleaning, first of all scrape away any dirt with a knife. Remember never to soak mushrooms, or they will lose their fragrance and become watery… so it’s better not to do that; on the contrary, you can wash quickly under cold running water and pat them dry. When cleaning or cutting the mushrooms, you may find brown spots like this, which of course must be removed; with regard to the stems, you may find these tunnels, which are actually worm tunnels, so you’d …