Packed with two of spring's star ingredients, Luke Holder's wild garlic and morel mushroom risotto recipe is a stunning example of seasonal cooking. If you can't get hold of wild garlic, substitute with a mixture of herbs of your choice.
To begin, add 50g of the butter to the pan and warm gently. Place the stock in a separate pan and heat up. Add the onions to the pan with the butter, season with salt and slowly cook for 9 minutes (without colour)
Add about 150ml of hot stock to the rice at a time and continue to cook while constantly stirring the rice. Cook for around 18 minutes, until the rice tastes chewy and any chalkiness has disappeared. Remove from the heat
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Add the remaining butter, Parmesan and olive oil to the risotto and keep stirring with purpose until all fat has incorporated evenly and the risotto flows like lava
Add a generous knob of butter to a hot pan. Once foaming, add the morels reserved for garnish and a few thyme sprigs and fry gently until the mushrooms are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper
Luke Holder comes by his taste for ultra-authentic local cuisine honestly: he's spent large chunks of his career soaking up regional techniques in far-flung parts of the world.
