arborio

American  

[ahr-bawr-ee-oh, ‑-bohr‑] / ɑrˈbɔr iˌoʊ, ‑ˈboʊr‑ /

noun

1. a variety of cultivated short-grain rice with a high starch content: used especially for risotto.

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Example Sentences

An easy risotto-style dish that uses cheaper long grain rice instead of short grain arborio rice.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2022

I thought about the half-dozen OXO Pop Containers filled with arborio, basmati, short- and long-grain brown rice, jasmine, and sushi rice that were overcrowding my pantry.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

Ahn combines arborio rice and pecorino cheese as deftly as any Italian chef, but makes his risotto singular with the help of dashi instead of chicken stock and diced boiled abalone as the featured attraction.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

Instead of long-grain rice I use arborio, which I think makes more sense, being closer to the Mediterranean.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2019

This is especially curious as Ms. Ramirez favors vialone nano rice — a highly absorbent grain capable of taking on twice its weight in liquid — instead of arborio for her risottos.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2016