This slow cooker tomato and mascarpone risotto is such an easy dinner and a great meat free, gluten free, budget recipe. To make this recipe dairy free/vegan simply omit the mascarpone or use a vegan equivalent.
As an optional first step, you can fry the onions in the extra virgin olive oil before adding them to the slow cooker. But I don't feel there is any need to add unnecessary washing up!
Add the rice, vegetable stock, chopped tomatoes, chopped red onion, garlic and olive oil to the slow cooker and stir well.
Slow cook the risotto for 3 hours on high (or 5 hours on low). After this time, lift the lid and add the mascarpone cheese.
Stir well until the cheese has melted into the risotto - a few little lumps is fine. It adds a nice creamy burst of flavour to the risotto!
Serve the tomato and mascarpone risotto straight away, with a sprinkling of fresh parsley to garnish.
Notes
No slow cooker? See the blog post above for notes on how to cook this tomato risotto recipe on the hob too!
Freezing and Storing: This recipe is great for batch cooking and meal prep! Check out the FAQs above this recipe card for storage instructions and how to freeze this slow cooker risotto.
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