Takeout Kit, Italian Truffle Risotto Meal Kit, Serves 4

I'm a semi-novice home chef but I know that good, creamy risotto is a difficult to accomplish - requires patience and the right ingredients. This kit provides the latter, including a wonderful truffle sauce. Easy-to-follow recipe was spot on for duration, and the resulting dish was outstanding. I recommend following the suggestions and adding 1/2 cup of white wine to the broth and pairing with pan-seared scallops. This would make a wonderful valentine's dinner or date night in.

I’ve been trying multiple meal solutions for our new life in quarantine. This looked like a great option that needed absolutely no fresh food. I was pretty happy with it. The Arborio rice was authentic, the truffle sauce was excellent and for canned mushrooms, they were really decent. I did use fresh garlic and shallots rather than the dried packets that needed rehydration. I don’t think that anybody would suggest that this is the best way to prepare mushroom risotto but I applaud this company for giving us an alternative to rice, beans and canned tomatoes. Not that I don’t love rice and beans but I do appreciate a bit of variety. I also purchased the butter masala kit. Looking forward to making it with chicken! Thanks Takeout Kits!

As a long-time foodie, I love to cook for family and friends. Read the WSJ article about these food kits and was hoping they had improved over those we had a number of years ago. OMG, Rachel’s Takeout Kit was fun to fix and tasted fabulous! We paired the risotto with seared scallops and a spinach side, paired with our favorite chardonnay. Beautiful... Looking forward to the paella kit in the new year.

Everything needed was in the kit. Some of the items like the cheese & onions required liquids to reconstitute. It came with an instruction card and pictures which was nice. It was a process to make...it required constant stirring. The truffle mushroom sauce smelled wonderful but black truffle and truffle “flavor” were the last two Ingredients listed on the sauce bottle. It made a lot and was yummy although I was disappointed about the truffle “flavor”...what are the ingredients in truffle “flavor”? I’m thankful for the ingredient card though as it can help me recreate this delicious meal.

This was really delicious and easy to make! Portions were generous too and the instructions were very easy to follow. Will definitely order this again. This is a life-saver for when we have unexpected guests.

I was looking for mealkits from Whole Foods when I stumbled across these. This mealkit is an interesting idea, the ingredients basically come freeze dried and you rehydrate them. The risotto was pretty good, but it was really closer to two servings for adults instead of four as stated in the listing. From that perspective the mealkits turn out to be pretty expensive on a per meal basis so I wouldn't buy it again. I think I could buy all of these pretty simple ingredients for significantly cheaper at the grocery store. The convenience factor of getting it delivered isn't enough to make up for that.

Reminded me that truffles are overrated. Otherwise acceptable, while not quite traditional risotto.

It's not the richest of flavors, but it makes up for this with the simple steps to prepare. The best feature of this product is that it has a super long shelf life, so you are always able to have a warm meal. This is possible b/c it uses no fresh ingredients, which is also why the taste doesn't compare to risotto recipes that contain perishable, fresh ingredients. Although, you can add whatever you like to it to customize it to your liking.