Category "risotto"

Substitute for arborio risotto rice?

What are the best substitutes for arborio risotto rice? And how about when your only choices are all the local shops have: pearl barley, or 'brown rice with bar

Why would a rice seem "non-absorbent"?

I wanted to make a mushroom risotto with some very nice mushrooms I had acquired. I have made risotto countless times, using traditional methods and "cheater" m

Preparing dried mushrooms for risotto [duplicate]

I plan to cook a basic mushroom risotto. However, the supermarket near us did not have shitake or any other uncanned mushrooms, they only had

can i mix arborio and carnaroli

I have 2 lbs of carnaroli rice and 1 lb of arborio rice, both the same brand. I need to make a recipe calling for 3 lbs total. The basic recipe on both boxes ca

Why is the rice in my mushroom risotto always very hard?

I'm a fan of Italian mushroom risotto and I love to cook it from time to time, but cooking the arborio rice well seems impossible to me if I follow traditional

Can I make risotto without wine?

I want to make risotto without using any alcohol. I am a vegetarian and I want to use vegetarian or mushroom stock only (without any meat). What is the role o

General Principles of making risotto

I made risotto for the first time last sunday - thanks to the advice I got from the posts here and here. I came to know about risotto from this site (probably n

Why do I add stock to risotto slowly?

Risotto recipes always call for adding the stock slowly. Why do we do that? I've read in a couple of places it may help cooking the rice more evenly, or preven

What causes butter to make risotto shiny?

Why does the addition of butter make risotto shiny? Is there a chemical explanation? I was taught to initially saute onions and garlic in olive oil, then riso

Risotto and a complementing/contrasting broth corresponding to the meat

In most recipes I've found, risotto calls for a chicken broth, but if I'm making a seared halibut on top of risotto, for example, or a seared scallop risotto, s

How long will a refrigerated risotto stay safe to eat? [duplicate]

First time posting here. I made a risotto Sunday (Arborio rice, butter, onion, white wine, chicken stock, mushrooms, asparagus, peas, turmeri

Risotto preparation

If I was going to prepare 100 portions of a basic risotto part way to finish later on in saute pans for different flavours, how would I go about doing this? Wha

Why should you serve risotto on a hot plate?

In many places it is said to "Serve risotto on a hot plate - or else" or "you better serve it on a hot plate". Why is that so?

Can I use rice wine vinegar in risotto?

I don't tend to keep any white wine in the house for cooking and have a bottle of rice wine vinegar to use up - only used it once and don't know what else to us

Can I use cream of tartar instead of wine to avoid alcohol in a meat braise or risotto?

I admit it, if I open a bottle of wine to cook with, I am very happy to drink the rest and I need to not do that, but still make my Kümmelfleisch and risot

Risotto too grainy

I've been toying with my risotto recipe but I still can't make rice nice and smooth. Here is what I use; Cup Arborio rice (from Whole Foods) Kettle and Fire Ch