Last year in my non plant-based days I made a smoked four-cheese risotto that was amazingly delicious. I missed that, I can remember how yummy that tasted. I was reading a cooking magazine the other day and it had a recipe for a risotto made with pasta, ditalini to be exact. Ditalini are the small little tube pasta. I think this would work with any small pastas.
The smoky and cheesy flavor hits the nail on the head of what I had the night a year ago.
Smoky Mac & Cheeze, risotto style
2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 cup ditalini pasta
1 cup beer (I like a brown or amber ale)
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
dash of black pepper
1/3 cup nutritional yeast (see below to find out what the heck this is)
In a small sauce pan heat up vegetable broth.
In a larger sauce pan, spray some cooking spray and add garlic cloves and onions. Cook for a few minutes until onions start to become translucent. Add in pasta and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring often. Add in beer. Continue to stir until most of the beer is absorbed by the pasta. Continue to add a little of the broth (about 1/4 cup) to the pasta and when it is absorbed, add more until the pasta is cooked and has a creamy consistency.
Add in the remaining ingredients (onion powder, paprika, turmeric, liquid smoke, garlic powder, salt, pepper, & nutritional yeast). Mix throughly and serve. I like to add some greens to mine (broccoli, peas, spinach, it all works!).
What the heck is nutritional yeast anyway?
According to wikipedia, nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast which has a slightly nutty, cheesy flavor to it. It is a source of many nutrients including protein and vitamin b-12. It can be found in health food stores and on the internet.
It might be referenced as "nooch" in vegan/vegetarian conversation.
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