
Butternut Squash, Taleggio and Sage Baked Risotto
Butternut Squash and rich Taleggio cheese baked risotto takes all the hassle of traditionally made risottos and allows you to enjoy lazy times, no stiring, no watching.
I’ve always enjoyed making camps and dens even as a child from hanging tablecloths from my sister’s top bunk to my bottom bunk to camping trips as an adult. Our beach hut life is one big camp building session. It’s where I make our little haven, a safe place where beyond that all other life stuff can take place. The beach beyond our hut is wonderfully noisy either by the waves crashing against the shore, families visiting the beach or deliciously both but our camp/beach hut is comforting and sheltered. It’s our spot.
When our boys were little and long before we had a beach hut, I would always make a base camp mainly just a blanket spread out on the ground with food bags or discarded hats and gloves dotted about but it was where you crashed after running around and climbing trees. “Good camp Mum” was my reward as they stretched out with lazy full bellies before round two of running around commenced.
Food was usually the draw to time out in the base camp as is our beach hut today. Our beach hut is where I know I can tempt our grown up boys to unwind from their busy independent lives. I am good at making camp.
My husband and I recently spent some time at Emma and Andrew’s Dimpsey Shepherds Hut in Somerset which was like having a countryside version of our beach hut but more so. It felt like a retreat rather than simply somewhere to stay. A bolthole that cocoons you and makes you put down your phone, pick up a book and allow you to nestle in its warmth. A base camp that you don’t leave, hours float by and your day has consisted of nothing else but stoking the fire and watching the sun rise and set.
Our camp was made all the cosier by the pull down bed, big squishy cushions, midday snoozes and mugs of delicious coffee made on the wood burning stove. We took time to savour everything, every little moment and seek the luxury in enjoying downtime.
The outdoor wood fired bath was a memory I will cherish forever as we allowed the big dark starry sky to embrace us. We made a promise never to stop making base camps where ever we go and what ever we do.
I made this baked risotto in the outdoor wood oven which was enchanting in the low autumn sunshine. As cows bellowed and sheep bleated (Dimpsey is set in a working farm) I took my time in cooking inside the shepherd’s hut and then finishing off in the outdoor wood oven. It was a simple rhythmic activity that I don’t often get to enjoy at such a comforting slow pace.
Thank you Emma and Andrew at Dimpsey for making a great camp.
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Butternut Squash and rich Taleggio cheese baked risotto takes all the hassle of traditionally made risottos and allows you to enjoy lazy times.
Butternut Squash, Taleggio and Sage Baked Risotto
1 small butternut, peeled and deseeded and cut in to small chunks (or pumpkin)
2 teaspoon oil
Salt and pepper
1 large onion, chopped finely
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 teaspoon oil
300g arborio rice
6 fresh sage leaves, shredded finely plus 6 extra left whole
1 glass white wine
1 litre vegetable stock
1 handful parmesan cheese, grated
150g Taleggio cheese, cubed
Preheat oven to 180°C /Gas Mark 4/360° F, place butternut squash in a large oven dish, coat with the oil and a good seasoning with the salt and pepper.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and starting to brown. Leave to cool and set aside while you prep the rice mix.
Meanwhile in a frying pan gently fry the onions and garlic in the next 2 teaspoons of oil until softened but not browned.
Stir in the rice and make sure each grain is well coated and add the sage leaves. Add the white wine and bring to boil and reduce the heat and allow to simmer for a couple of minutes.
Pour this into the dish with the butternut squash and stir well.
Add hot stock (I simply boil the kettle and mix in a stock cube in a measuring jug) and then bake for 20-25 minutes until nearly all the liquid has cooked away.
Mix in the grated parmesan and stud with the cubed Taleggio. Finally add whole sage leaves and bake again for a further 10 minutes.
Let rest for a few minutes if you can but otherwise tuck straight in.
Should you wish to stay at Dimpsey Shepherd’s Hut click on link for availability.
57 Comments
I do love a baked risotto – this one sounds wonderful, and so seasonal! Going to make it very soon! x
I love cooking outdoor and especially in that cozy environnement! However I am not sure my risotto would be that succesful as yours! It looks delicious and very well done!
Baking a risotto is the answer! Elinor x
We just started camping this Summer and I have to say cooking outdoors was so good! That risotto looks delicious and that little shepherds hut looks so cosy, the perfect getaway!
Thanks Michelle, it was such a lovely place to relax. A real getaway. Elinor x
You take beautiful photos. This risotto sounds delicious and the hit looks like the place I would like to escape to right now!
Thanks Jenni, so kind. Elinor x
Looks delicious. I have never had much luck with risottos but I might try again. Shame I don’t have an outdoor oven;)
You can easily cook in your regular kitchen oven – it’s just the easiest way to cook risotto! Elinor x
This looks like a delicious recipe! I’ll definitely try it myself. Thanks for sharing.
This looks delicious…I have 4 yes! 4! Butternuts heading my way, you’ve saved me with this recipe!!!
I love butternut squash too! They just shout cosy and warm don’t they x
What a cozy fall dish! I also love how your mugs are displayed! (We have a similar setup!) Have a lovely day!
These mugs are great aren’t they I can’t take the credit as it’s from our stay at that amazing shepherd’s hut! X
Everything about this post, yes! Butternut squash risotto sounds delish!
Thank you. We are having this again at the weekend when friends come round! I’m all for the easy!
This looks so delicious and perfect for chilly winter months. I’ll have to give it a go this week. Thank you for the recipe.
This looks yummy!! Im always on the look out for new recipes, and can I add your photos are fab!
Thank you, so kind x
im not usually a risotto person but this does look delicious
Oo this looks delicious! I have never tried a risotto before but this one looks amazing and perfect for the colder winter evenings to warm me up!
This looks delicious and perfect for this time of year. I’ve never attempt a risotto before!
Laura this way of making a risotto is so much easier than all that stirring!
This looks delicious! I would love to give this recipe a try for my family. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
This is such a warm piece. I am baffled on the difference between a butters quash and a pumpkin. We call them all pumpkins.
They are similar so you could use pumpkin. Thanks fir highlighting, I will adapt the recipe to include pumpkin as an alternative. Thanks , Elinor x
This looks like a great heartwarming dish for winter!
I’ve not tried baked risotto – looks amazing! Love that you can just leave it x
Ooh that looks amazing! I usually stick to mushroom risotto to play it safe but will definitely try this!
I love the sound of this, we eat a fair amount of risotto but what I must say is I am so jealous of where you got to cook it. It sounds and looks amazing! Great giveaway too x
Beautiful pictures, your Butternut Squash Risotto looks so tasty 🙂
This looks incredibly tasty and perfect for this time of year x
That does look like a gorgeous way to ‘camp’ – such a luxurious and cosy place! And the butternut squash risotto looks like the perfect autumnal meal!
Omg can we say yum?!?! I just love butternut squash. One of my all time favorite fall recipes for sure. So delicious
Thanks Courtney x
I’ve never tried butternut squash but it looks super tasty! This would be a great meal for a cool fall night.
The Dimpsey Sheperd’s hut sounds an amazing place to camp out and enjoy good food!
I love butternut squash, it can be used in so many recipes x
I adore butternut squash and sage combined, this dish is right up my street!
Oh wow that risotto looks so good! I make something similar, so I know how good those flavours are, but I have never thought to put taleggio in it – I will have to try that next time. Thanks for linking it up to #CookBlogShare! Eb x
I have to say your images are done super nicely, with great lighting! I love the butternut squash dish…looks so fantastic! Risotto is one of my favorites to pair with butternut.
Thank you Amy x
This is an awesome risotto recipe with some amazing ingredients, Elinor! What kind of onion do you use, red or yellow?
I used yellow but red would work too x
The Butternut Squash is very new to me, but your post shows that this is delicious and a must-try. Yummylicious!
Thank you Blair x
This recipe and that place… Everything looks so nice and cozy and the food delicious. It sounds easy to make too!
Butternut squash and sage is such a great flavour combination and I love the look of the Shepherd’s hut.
What a great spot to cook! This risotto looks so delicious!
That risotto look amazing and I like the idea of baking it so much less hassle
Absolutely. I think baking is the way to go for me now!
This risotto sounds so yummy, a proper hearty winter dish.
This sounds so delicious – a proper winter warmer!
Elinor, your Risotto looks so delicious. I’m always on the lookout for comforting vegetarian dishes for this time of year! Great giveaway too – I will enter when I get home. As I’m in California at the moment I can’t enter just now. Dimpsey sounds amazing, just the perfect place to get away! Thank you so much for sharing this post, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Sharing around! Hope you have a lovely week ahead, and that you will visit Hearth and Soul again this coming week!
Thank you April, I love the Heart & Soul party. Really makes me nestle in and read. Elinor x
This sounds so fabulous and delicious – a proper winter warmer!
Thanks Austin.
love baked risotto