2010 Vasto, Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza

Spring risotto

Preparation time : 10 minutes 
Cooking time : 40 minutes

Ingredients (for 4 persons)

30 g butter
1 finely chopped onion
400 g arborio rice (rice suitable for risotto)
100 g peas
100 g string beans
1 bush of parsley, finely chopped
12 cl white wine (Vasto Chardonnay)
1,5 l vegetable stock
100 g grated Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper

Melt the butter in a frying pan over high heat and fry the onion. Then add the rice and stir until it is translucent. Add the vegetables, parsley and white wine. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes. Thena add te stock ladle by lable. Wait betwee each ladle until the stock has been absorbed by the rice. Finally add the Parmesan cheese (and if you like some cream) and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Decorate the dish with some Parmesan cheese and parsley. Serve hot.

We recommend you serve this dish with a glass of Vasto Chardonnay.

Enjoy !

Vasto Wines are top quality wines with a genuine Argentinean identity. Currently they are marketed all over America, in 13 European countries and in 8 countries in East Asia. The varieties of grapes are coming from different vineyards in Mendoza. They are located in those areas that are best for each specific variety. The altitude of the vineyards varies from 850m to 1100m.

‘Vasto’ means vast, extensive, wide, infinite. That is what Argentina is like, an extensive country, with great diversity of climates and landscapes. Among these, there is an outstanding and impressive scenery along the western edge of the country, born and lost in the horizon, from north to south: The Andes mountain range, source of excellent wines.