risotto

[ ri-saw-toh, -soh-toh, -sot-oh; Italian ree-zawt-taw ]

nounItalian Cooking.

a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.

Origin of risotto

First recorded in 1850–55; from Italian, derivative of riso “rice”; see rice

Words Nearby risotto

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How to use risotto in a sentence

A recent dinner found us tucking into risotto swollen with what tasted like a forest of porcini mushrooms, lamb ragu humming with red wine and rosemary, and pork tenderloin nearly upstaged by its roast potatoes and creamy borlotti beans.
2021 Fall Dining Guide | Tom Sietsema | October 6, 2021 | Washington Post
Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.
Venice Wedding Bells for George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Quinoa risotto I love risotto, but rarely eat it because I always feel so heavy and slow afterward.
Three Quinoa Recipes for Your Weekend Parties | Jane Coxwell | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Making it with quinoa instead of rice gives you the wonderful taste and comfort of risotto without all that starch.
Three Quinoa Recipes for Your Weekend Parties | Jane Coxwell | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yes, it is unfair that we fight to have our recipe for risotto repinned while a “So what are you guys doing this morning?”
Celebrity Rants! Courtney Love, Ashley Judd & More Stars Uncensored | Lizzie Skurnick | April 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Use this with Mulled Cider and Rum risotto and Floating Islands with Melted Chocolate Morsels (page 37).
4 Autumnal Desserts | Michel Richard | November 18, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Craven stretched his neck—they were both eating risotto alla Milanese!
December Love | Robert Hichens
If you like, leave out the risotto and serve the veal with Espagnole sauce mixed with cooked peas and chopped truffle.
The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: | Mrs. W. G. Waters
Paolin and Puria, their hands clasped behind them, walked slowly towards the sideboard, lost in contemplation of the risotto pie.
The Patriot | Antonio Fogazzaro
Her husband seized her uplifted arm, signed to her to sniff, and then blew into her wide open mouth the word: "risotto."
The Patriot | Antonio Fogazzaro
After this a steaming risotto, with Scampe, somewhat resembling gigantic prawns.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe | Algernon Bastard

British Dictionary definitions for risotto

risotto

/ (rɪˈzɒtəʊ) /

nounplural -tos

a dish of rice cooked in stock and served variously with tomatoes, cheese, chicken, etc

Origin of risotto

C19: from Italian, from riso rice

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