Simple Italy

Celebrating Your Inner Italian

  • Home
  • Contact us
  • Links

Risotto with Asparagus and Shrimp

Posted July 13, 2015 by Sharon Leave a Comment

11709415_10153362464781357_5099074015839789754_n (1)We were atop a ridge in eastern Pennsylvania but felt as if we were in northern Lombardy or Alto Adige. The 360-degree view of trellised grape vines and distant forests from Galen Glen Winery‘s tasting room is stunning.

Last weekend, the folks at the award-winning Andreas, Pa., winery hosted a cookbook signing and tasting of SimpleItaly’s Risotto with Asparagus and Shrimp paired with its crisp Grüner Veltliner 2014 Stone Cellar Dry White wine. The wine’s notes of grapefruit, mandarin orange, and honeysuckle embraced and softened the grassiness of the asparagus. What a match.

Owned by Galen Troxell (the grape grower) and Sarah Troxell (the wine maker who was awarded “Best Woman Winemaker” in 2014’s International Women’s Wine Competition in California ), Galen Glen was recently named the Best Winery in Pennsylvania in the New York International Wine Competition.

slide1

Galen and Sarah Troxell (right) of Galen Glen Winery. On the left are Galen’s forbears who originally farmed the land in Andreas, Pa.

Philadelphia food writer, Craig LaBan, wrote, “they have pioneered the growth in this region of aromatic Northern European grapes — edgy Austrian Grünner Veltliner, exotic Alsatian Gewürztraminer, minerally Riesling — well-suited to the cold climate, and well-drained, stony soils.”

Family-owned, dedicated to excellence from the earth . . . Galen Glen may not be in Italy but it sure feels like it is.


Risotto with Asparagus and Shrimp
Print
Recipe type: Appetizer or main dish
Cuisine: Italian
Author: Sharon Sanders
Serves: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients
  • 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 2½ cups water
  • 2½ tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 1¼ cups Carnaroli or Arborio rice
  • ½ teaspoon salt, divided
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • 1 pound thin asparagus, trimmed and chopped
  • 12 ounces medium shrimp, peeled and chopped
  • ½ cup (2 ounces) grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. Heat the broth and water in a saucepan. Reduce the heat to low.
  2. In a Dutch oven set over medium heat, warm 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the onion. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, or until golden. Add the rice and ¼ teaspoon salt. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring, until coated with oil. Add the wine. Increase the heat to medium-high. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the wine is absorbed. Reduce the heat to medium-low.
  3. Add ½ cup of the broth mixture. Start timing the cooking. Cook, stirring frequently, until the broth is absorbed. Continue adding the broth, ½ cup at a time, and stirring frequently.
  4. Meanwhile, in a large sauté pan, warm 1 tablespoon olive oil and 2 tablespoons of the broth. Add the asparagus and the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt. Cover and cook, tossing occasionally, for about 2 minutes, or until bright green. Add the shrimp. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 2 minutes, or until the shrimp are opaque. Remove from the heat.
  5. After 18 minutes of cooking, start testing the rice. The rice should be tender but hold its shape. When it is cooked, remove from the heat. (All of the broth mixture may not be needed.) Add the shrimp, asparagus, and any pan juices. Add the cheese and the remaining ½ tablespoon olive oil. Stir and serve right away.
3.2.2925

 

Filed Under: Food, Miscellany, Recipes, Wine Tagged With: Galen Glen winery, local wines, risotto recipe, wine pairings with asparagus

« Grillo White Wine From Sicily
Peach Sorbetto »

Join the Discussion! Cancel reply

Please submit your comment with a real name.

Thanks for your feedback!

Rate this recipe:  
Follow Simple Italy on FacebookFollow Simple Italy on RSS
Lasagne_19 Simple Italy's Greatest Hits at a click!
Lasagne alla Bolognese and more

Recent posts

  • The Hill Towns of Molise
  • Fior di Latte Cheese
  • In the Mood for Molise, Italy
  • Silk from the Sea in Sardinia
  • Driving a Ferrari Spider

Posts by Category

  • Abruzzo (12)
  • AirBnB (1)
  • Amalfi (8)
  • Archeology (3)
  • Architecture (21)
  • Art (19)
  • Artisans (4)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bakery (1)
  • Basilicata (3)
  • Bologna (4)
  • Books (21)
  • Calabria (4)
  • Campania (17)
  • Cooking Classes (5)
  • Cremona (2)
  • Culture (174)
  • dreamofitaly (1)
  • Driving in Italy (2)
  • Emilia Romagna (2)
  • Ferrari (1)
  • Ferrari Museum (1)
  • Film (22)
  • Florence (30)
  • Food (134)
  • Fred Plotkin (1)
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia (2)
  • Gardening (25)
  • Genoa (2)
  • Golf in Italy (1)
  • Guides (1)
  • History (8)
  • Hotels (14)
  • Inner Italian Q & A (11)
  • Italian seafood (7)
  • Italy Artisans (3)
  • Italy restaurants (17)
  • Language (86)
  • Le Marche (4)
  • Lifestyle (113)
  • Liguria (2)
  • Lombardy cooking (5)
  • Lucca (3)
  • Mantua (1)
  • Markets (26)
  • Mediterranean diet (55)
  • Milan (1)
  • Miscellany (86)
  • Modena (1)
  • Molise (3)
  • Mt. Etna (1)
  • Music (9)
  • Naples (2)
  • New Orleans (2)
  • Opera (1)
  • Palermo (3)
  • People (3)
  • Photography (4)
  • Piedmont cooking (1)
  • Puglia (9)
  • Quotes (4)
  • Recipes (64)
  • Rome (8)
  • Salerno (3)
  • Sardinia (4)
  • Sicily (15)
  • Test Drive (1)
  • Testimonials (2)
  • Travel (110)
  • Trentino Alto-Adige (1)
  • Tuscan cooking (17)
  • Tuscany (30)
  • Venice (2)
  • Videos (2)
  • Wine (23)

Inside SimpleItaly

  • American Couple Marries Italian-Style
  • Appearances
  • Contact us
  • Cooking Up an Italian Life
  • Le Marche Tour with Luisa
  • Links
  • Palazzo Donati Sample Itinerary
  • Palazzo Donati Tours
  • Privacy and Site Policies
  • Publications and TV
  • Sharon’s Inner Italian
  • SimpleItaly Adventure in Tuscany Tour
  • Thank You
  • Walter’s Inner Italian

Tags

Abruzzo bucket list Ferragosto Florence Gardening gelato Genoa Inner Italian Italian cooking italian culture italian food Italian food stores italian language italian lifestyle Italian music italian recipes Italian tourism italian travel italian wine Italy Italy travel Lago di Como Lake Como Mediterranean diet mozzarella di bufala Naples tourism Paestum Paolo Conte pasta polenta porcini Puglia Rome Santa Croce Sardegna Sardinia Sicily Southern Italy Stile Mediterraneo Sulmona Tuscan cooking Tuscany Uffizi Gallery Villa Pipistrelli women and travel