2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
2 celery sticks, washed and roughly chopped
1 celery stick, finely chopped
½ garlic clove, crushed to a paste
1 leek, washed and roughly chopped
20g/¾oz dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in boiling water, drained and finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 tsp chopped flatleaf parsley
200g/7oz spinach
250g/9oz carnaroli risotto rice
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp sea salt
75g/2¾oz unsalted butter
75g/2¾oz mascarpone
100g/3½oz Parmesan, grated (or similar vegetarian hard cheese), plus extra to serve