risotto
nounUS /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/ · UK /ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/
Etymology From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).
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An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.
- The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.
- Risotti are another Alvaro passion, and there’s a different special each week, as well as a legendary strawberry risotto in season.2006, Fleur Britten, editor, A Hedonist’s Guide to London, Filmer Ltd, →ISBN, page 84:
3 more examples
- Frankly, if I'm paying £21.50 for a plate of lamb or, as you can here, £50 for a white-truffle risotto, I'll bloody well tell you when I want to eat it.2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
- Risotti are made with fat, short-grain rice; […]2013, Damon Lee Fowler, Essentials of Southern Cooking: Techniques and Flavors of a Classic American Cuisine, Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 78:
- This is one of the biggest chapters in this book because there are just so many vegetables that marry well with rice to make fantastic risotti!2017, Valentina Harris, “Vegetables”, in Risotto! Risotto!, Absolute Press, →ISBN:
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A similar dish made without rice.
- a pearl barley risotto
- Derived terms
- risottolike