Rich, creamy pumpkin risotto is gluten-free and vegan. I spiced it up with warm Indian spices and smoked sea salt. This is an easy, unusual side to bring or serve on Thanksgiving.
Suitable for:
vegan, gluten-free, low-sodium, migraine, reduced-sugar diets
Ingredients
- 1 cup arborio rice
- 4 cups low-sodium vegetable stock unsalted chicken stock (see notes for migraine diet)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 shallots
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 fresh ginger about 1 inch piece
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 cup marsala or Madeira wine (sub stock for wine for migraine diet)
- 1 tsp smoked salt (omit for low-sodium and migraine diet)
- 15 ounces pumpkin purée 1 small pie pumpkin (350-450 g)
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Recipe Notes
Per serving:
- 188 calories
- 3 g fat
- 0 g saturated fat
- 2 g monounsaturated fat
- 0 g polyunsaturated fat
- 0 g trans fat
- 0 g cholesterol
- 432 mg sodium (99 mg sodium with salt omitted)
- 82 mg potassium
- 34 g carbohydrate
- 5 g fiber
- 4 g sugars
- 4 g protein
- 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus
For migraine diet, make sure stock does not include onions. For migraine and low-sodium versions, substitute 1 tsp smoked paprika (pimenton) for the smoked salt. Use stock to deglaze the pan for migraine diet.
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Are we having this on Thanksgiving? Just kidding but I love risotto and will save some pumpkin to try this sometime soon.
I’ve read and reread this recipe but don’t see rice in the ingredient list. I’m assuming 2 c. basmati rice?
Good grief! I can’t believe I forgot the key ingredient in that risotto recipe! Actually, it’s one cup of arborio rice, the special kind of rice used to make risotto… and it’s only one cup of rice in the recipe.
Thanks for reading so closely. I’ve fixed the mistake now.
You’re welcome. And yes, arborio is the traditional rice for risotto. I’ve seen some use basmati, so that’s why I asked. Glad I didn’t try the recipe with 2 cups. It would have never ended up like a risotto!
So easy and elegant … This would make a great addition to the holiday table 🙂
Love this recipe. East – meets – West. I’ve added Indian spices to pastas before. I’ll try this out.
Adding Indian spices is a fantastic idea. What a lovely risotto!