Butternut Squash Sage Derby Risotto With Tarragon

Sage Derby is a rather strong tasting English cheese with deep veins of green sage running through it and Sage and pumpkin are a marriage made in heaven. If you cannot get it omit and use a little more parmesan to get the creamy effect of a risotto.

7- 8 cups of fresh chicken broth
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/4 cups finely chopped onion
1 lb butternut squash, peeled, halved, seeded, and diced
4 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon
14 ounces of arborio rice
1/2 cup dry white wine
5 ounces of baby spinach leaves

1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Method
boil the broth in a large saucepan. Cover and reduce heat to low. Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add squash and 2 teaspoons of tarragon and continue saute to for five minutes.

Add rice and stir until well coated with butter. Add the wine and simmer until evaporated. Add six cups of the hot stock and boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered stirring regularly until rice is just tender and risotto is creamy and slightly soupy. Add as much extra stock as is necessary to maintain the creaminess. When the rice is cooked stir in spinach, and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper and more tarragon leaves.