Risotto with red peppers, spinach and pancetta is an easy dish that is great for the changing seasons. With flavours of oregano and fresh thyme, it's light enough if it's still warm where you are, but hearty enough if you need an autumnal warmer. It's easily turned vegan or vegetarian and can be pulled together in 45 minutes, including prep time.

A season-agnostic treat; bacon and butternut squash risotto is brimming with sweet and green flavours

A new recipe for a vegan spring risotto that combines some old French cooking ideas with green, fresh spring flavours

Zero-fat seafood risotto with lemon, basil, peas and green bell pepper

Pea, spinach and lemon risotto, a vegetarian meal—vegan if you leave out the cheese. Another healthy summer dish for kids

The orginal finger lickin' good: a 17th-century Italian chicken dish reworked and fresh for spring

An easy, healthy Italian risotto dish of Arborio rice cooked with a little French flair; the perfect hassle-free option with optimum flavour

A reworking of poussin and a scaled-back walnut and spinach lasagne side dish from Northern Italy with contemporary fusion twists

Forget the apocryphal legends behind how risotto was born. This is the real story behind the Italian rice staple, warts and all

All of the simple rules and pointers you need to know to make perfect risotto