Italian risotto
Many people say it's difficult to cook a tasty risotto. It isn't true. Follow our directions, step by step, and you'll be able to learn in little time. Do you want to surprise your family or guests? Eating in the Italian style is always appreciated by everyone.
Rice works well with meat, fish, vegetables and fruit!
Look at our recipe list: there are many recipes with fruit: strawberries, bilberries, fresh grapes and so on ... All these recipes are full of taste and color!
Making Italian Risotto
Champagne risotto is a classic Italian dish. Very easy to make but refined enough for a special occasion menu. Being very delicate, it's ideal for a trio of pasta dishes because its flavor doesn't overpower others. To make a good risotto, however, you need top-quality ingredients.
Bicolor Risotto With Strawberries And Asparagus
Bicolor risotto is a combination of two risottos: one with asparagus and one with strawberries. Arranged on the same platter and decorated with asparagus, strawberries, quail eggs, and dried tomatoes, it makes a very colorful and delicious dish suitable for an important ceremony menu or a way to get kids to eat fruit and vegetables.
Blueberry Risotto
This blueberry risotto recipe is very simple, without too many added ingredients. To flavor risotto with blueberries, you must focus essentially on them and the wine. I chose Grignolino (a red wine from Piedmont) because I find it delicious with fruit. Ideal recipe for July and August.
Cointreau-flavored Risotto With Artichokes
This artichoke risotto is very simple with few ingredients but delicious because it's flavored with Cointreau liqueur. Serve it for important lunches; I created it for such an occasion, pairing artichokes and citrus. A typical winter dish, perfect also for Christmas and New Year's menus.
Christmas Risotto
My Christmas risotto brings together typical holiday ingredients (chestnuts, sausage, and mushrooms) and is versatile for leftovers. Great for a New Year's buffet. Everyone who tasted it loved it. The key is choosing quality ingredients, especially fragrant dried porcini mushrooms.
Crab Risotto
Crab risotto is a refined and expensive dish for special occasions. I make a winter version for Christmas and a summer version for friends who love seafood. The photo shows the summer version. Ingredients and calories refer to this recipe.
Fresh Mushroom Risotto
Fresh porcini mushroom risotto is a famous Italian dish owing its goodness to firm, fragrant porcini. You need few ingredients, so their quality is crucial: porcini, rice, saffron, herbs, vegetable broth, wine, and oil. A typical late spring or autumn dish.
Risotto With Assorted Mushrooms And Prawns
Mushroom and prawn risotto can be made with fresh or frozen products. This recipe is very quick using frozen mushrooms and prawn tails, perfect for a delicious meal when you're short on time. Ideal for a last-minute dinner with friends.
Risotto With Artichokes
Artichoke risotto is a seasonal dish tied to the availability of fresh artichokes, unless you use frozen ones. Since cultivation is forced, they are available from autumn to spring, but affordable in late winter/spring. This simple, tested recipe is one I regularly make in spring.
Risotto With Artichokes & Potatoes
Artichoke and potato risotto is an excellent first course I invented one Sunday to experiment with flavors. I added lard but it's very good without it too. Serve it as a main dish or in a full menu for a special spring occasion, or even for a classic Easter lunch.
Risotto With Artichokes & Peas
I find the combination of artichokes and peas truly fabulous. In spring, I prepare several dishes including this inviting and tasty risotto. It's also very filling because it's rich in fiber. A vegetarian recipe suitable for the Mediterranean diet.
Risotto With Asparagus And Shrimps
My risotto is based on asparagus and shrimps. I make it very often in spring with fresh asparagus for myself and my husband. But even in winter, it's a dish I prepare easily since I can use frozen asparagus. Bye from Isabella.
Risotto With Asparagus And Scallops
Asparagus and scallop risotto is my variant of the classic asparagus risotto. An elegant dish for important occasions and full menus. The risotto is cooked with asparagus and served with a scallop skewer as seen in the photo. Tied to spring when fresh asparagus is available.
Risotto With Bell Peppers And Rabbit Stock
If you boil a rabbit, don't throw away the broth! I often use it to make risotto, usually vegetable risotto for extra flavor. Much better than using a bouillon cube, especially for children. This risotto is flavored with peppers. A summer or early autumn Mediterranean recipe!
Risotto With Borlotti Beans
Fresh bean risotto is a typical late summer and early autumn dish. It can be made year-round with frozen beans. A low-fat vegetarian recipe, ideal for the Mediterranean diet as it satisfies all its principles.
Risotto With Chickpeas And Clams
I usually make chickpea and clam risotto with Gallo 3-cereal rice (mix of rice, spelt, and barley). I find it perfect for this rustic but delicious recipe. Ideal for lunch practically all year round.
Risotto With Chicory
This radicchio risotto recipe is how I prepare it at home using few ingredients. quick to make, but you must like radicchio; otherwise, it's better to avoid it.
Risotto With Leeks And Carrots
Leek and carrot risotto is a typical light vegetarian dish, great for dieting or staying fit. Its delicate taste pairs well with fish or cheese dishes, so it fits fine in important menus too. Mediterranean recipe if made with whole grain rice when leeks and carrots are in season.
Risotto With Peas & Peppers
Pea and pepper risotto is a recipe I often propose at home and to guests because it tastes delicious, is quick to make, and suits large tables with people of all ages. Children love it too. A recipe for summer.
Risotto With Raw Prawns & Peas
Prawns and peas are a common combination for pasta, risotto, or timbales. This is my personal version which I've prepared for years for family and guests since many love both ingredients. Ingredients are calibrated for 6 people.
Risotto With Rosé Fresh Grapes
Risotto is very popular in the North, and since my mom was Piedmontese, I learned it as a child. Now I enjoy inventing new combinations like this risotto where rosé grapes accompany sausage. A delight! Not just my opinion, but said by everyone who tasted it.
Risotto With Salmon, Tuna And Peas
Risotto with smoked salmon, tuna, and peas is a rich dish I designed for a demanding menu at a major event. You can certainly make it for your family, but watch the calories! Garnish with edible flowers (nasturtiums in the photo). Quick and easy recipe for all year round.
Risotto With Spinach
Spinach risotto is a very simple recipe, ideal for everyday menus and economical too. Good any time of year using fresh or frozen spinach. It can be vegan, or you can stir in Parmesan or soft cheese. Adding cheese, of course, changes the nutritional value.
Risotto With Strawberries
Strawberry risotto is a light, vegetarian first course, particularly suitable for children. Prepare it when strawberries are in season (spring, summer, early autumn). For more intense flavor, try my second version with more strawberries and red wine. An excellent example of the Mediterranean diet.
Risotto With White Fresh Grapes
White grape risotto is delicate but delicious, flavored with walnut cheese and pizzuttella grapes. Typical of late summer/autumn, but also great for Christmas as quality grapes are available. Pair with a good white wine. Vegetarian and Mediterranean diet recipe.
Smoked Eel Risotto
Smoked eel risotto is simple but tasty, lending itself well to special, refined, or rustic menus like Christmas feasts. Smoked eel is primarily found in this period. Great for Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve dinner.
Smoked Sturgeon Risotto
Smoked sturgeon is easily found in supermarkets around Christmas. That's when I thought of this simple but tasty recipe, combining zucchini, Jerusalem artichoke, and smoked sturgeon. The result is not bad at all! Ideal for an important menu or a fancy seafood dinner with friends.
Spring Vegetable Paella
Paella is a typical Spanish dish made with whatever ingredients are at hand. Everything is allowed, but saffron must never be missing. I tried making this vegetarian paella with spring ingredients: fava beans, peas, artichokes, asparagus, and red spring onions. Truly delicious.
Strawberry Risotto With Speck
I thought of strawberry and speck risotto right after making guinea fowl stuffed with cherries, speck, and couscous. I associated strawberries with speck, and my intuition was right. The combination is delicious. Ideal for an everyday menu when you want something different, or for a special occasion.
Vegetable And Meat Paella
There are many versions of Paella. In our Spain section, you find the classic one. This one is my variant based on meat and vegetables. Excellent dish for Sunday lunch or a special event menu.
Paniscia, Risotto Novara-style
Paniscia is a particular risotto from the Novara area, usually made in two stages. It requires a vegetable soup to cook the rice, which many prepare the day before. Laborious and high-calorie dish, but unmissable for those who love the combination of cabbage, rice, and beans.
Risotto With Sparkling Wine
Sparkling wine risotto is a classic Italian dish. Very easy to make but refined enough for a special occasion menu. Being very delicate, it's ideal for a trio of pasta dishes because its flavor doesn't overpower others. To make a good risotto, however, you need top-quality ingredients.
Risotto, Milanese-style
Risotto alla Milanese is a typical Lombard dish made with top-quality saffron and meat broth. The true recipe involves using some beef marrow (10-50g) melted with butter. It can be enriched with mushrooms or sausage pieces to make an excellent single course.
Risotto With Vegetables
Risotto alla Ciociara is simple in ingredients but very tasty. Based on late spring vegetables (asparagus, zucchini, peas) with the addition of beans. With frozen products, it can be made year-round. Typical dish for vegetarians and healthy eaters.
Risotto with potatoes, chicken and black truffles
Risotto with chicken, potatoes and black truffle.