Risotto

by MidwesternerTT 5 months ago

The recipe I saved many years ago from the website of Cafe Maitreya (UK restaurant that closed in 2017) has "2 red peppers" in the ingredients list. And also measures the wine and olive oil as "gl...

by LulusMom 1 year ago

Welcome to our DOTM reporting thread for October 2020. Our dish this month is arancini. These delightful treats got their name because they were the size of a small round orange, or arancino in Ita...

Well I made ristto for the first time (yeah!) after about a year of procrastinating, and well just being too intimidated by it to even make an attempt, I finally overcame my fears, threw caution to...

by yamalam 14 years ago

Can't afford sashimi grade seafood these days, so I'm looking for some other uses for my bag of short grain Kohuko Rose. Would it be starchy enough for risotto? What other recipes do you use sush...

I had one of the best risottos ever this week at a restaurant. It had a vegetable crunch to it. It was not peas (which it had). I was thinking scallions or sugar snap peas sliced up. The pieces...

A recent post in another thread by Damiano made me rethink this. Damiano mentioned a popular chef, who argued that ECI cast iron would make a very nice pan for making risotto for the home amate...

by L.Nightshade 9 years ago

This month we will be cooking Risotto. It was a tight race, but risotto edged out the competition. If you'd like to view the voting thread, click here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/887928 ...

September 2006 Cookbook of the Month: Please post your reviews of pasta, risotto, and other starch recipes from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking here. Please mention the name ...

Have to admit I've avoided making risotto as any recipe I've read in my many cookbooks, online cooking sites, or cooking shows, always call for wine as an ingredient. I'm not against wine, theres ...

Hi all, we are looking for stores in San Diego that sell Carnaroli Riso Superfino. Our favorite brand is Principe, but it doesn’t appear that they export to the U.S.

Hello all, I've just found some nice organic short grain rice produced here in France and am wondering if I could used this as a direct substitute for more traditional risotto rice. I think its th...

Hi guys, I'm taking my girlfriend for a romantic night at my house. She told me earlier she liked risotto, but I don't think I know how to make it. Can anyone show me the recipe for it? I'd rea...

Hello all, I've done a quick search & wasn't able to find an answer for my particular question (apologies if it's there & I didn't look hard enough). While I know that freezing risotto with the ...

My girlfriend would like the Le Creuset 30cm/3.5 qt braiser, because she was told it's great for risotto, braising larger to medium sizes of meat and for vegetables sauter. After reading about t...

by Ali G 5 years ago

I'm planning to make risotto tonight for a Valentine's Day dinner. We are adding lobster, shrimp, and some scallops. In order to speed things up after work, I cooked the lobster last night and ...

by Allegra_K 5 years ago

Please use this thread to report on recipes from PASTAS AND RISOTTOS, p.88-152. If you are the first to report on a recipe, start a new comment, but if you are reporting on a dish already covere...

I've read/heard that cooking risotto is a long and difficult process and often does not turn out well. But, I'd like to try making it...Any suggestions about brands to use etc. will be appreciated.

I have a friend who cooks risotto all the time, and I want to get her a basket of nice risotto tools for Christmas. However, I'm at a loss for what to include besides a nice wooden risotto spoon. A...

by Melanie Wong 5 years ago

"...Yes, that's Podesta explaining to an associate that to make proper risotto, you've got to add the liquid in small doses, stirring in between, until the rice becomes hydrated and some of its sta...