Oven-baked Merlot risotto with alpine cheese and pear

Name: Oven-baked Merlot risotto with alpine cheese and pear
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Swiss

In short: The risotto of the Ticino grottos, red with Merlot and finished with alpine cheese. It cooks in the oven with the lid on: you never stir it. On top, raw radicchio and diced pear with lemon.

Serves: 6. 90 minutes.

Riso ticinese, Formaggio d'alpe ticinese DOP, Radicchio (cicorino rosso), Pera, Cipolla, Carota, Porro, Prezzemolo, Alloro, Burro svizzero

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Updated on 25 October 2026