Pesto Risotto for One With Shrimp Recipe on Food52

Name: Pesto Risotto for One With Shrimp Recipe on Food52
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 shallot, chopped; 1/2 cup Arborio rice; 1/4 cup white wine or dry vermouth; 2 cups chicken, seafood, or vegetable stock (especially Better Than Bouillon), heated; 4 gorgeous jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined; 3 tablespoons your favorite jarred pesto, or homemade (if you\'re an overachiever); 1 tablespoon sour cream; 1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste

""Risotto is the kind of food you make for people you love." My ex said that to me once, referring to how long it takes to stir it, how no one would ever set aside all that time just for themselves and a plate of risotto. I disagreed. Maybe it's because I'm an egoist and love myself. More, I appreciate the calmness of having to stand there by the stove, watching the shallot and butter–slicked rice soak up ladleful by ladleful of Better Than Bouillon stock. Then the way the pesto simultaneously dyes it a glorious g..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 tablespoon butter

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1 shallot, chopped

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1/2 cup Arborio rice

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1/4 cup white wine or dry vermouth

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2 cups chicken, seafood, or vegetable stock (especially Better Than Bouillon), heated

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4 gorgeous jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined

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3 tablespoons your favorite jarred pesto, or homemade (if you\'re an overachiever)

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1 tablespoon sour cream

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1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste

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