risotto

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

noun

, Italian Cooking.

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

risotto

/ rɪˈzɒtəʊ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of risotto¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of risotto¹

C19: from Italian, from riso rice

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.

From The Daily Beast

Quinoa risotto I love risotto, but rarely eat it because I always feel so heavy and slow afterward.

From The Daily Beast

Making it with quinoa instead of rice gives you the wonderful taste and comfort of risotto without all that starch.

From 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?”

From The Daily Beast

Use this with Mulled Cider and Rum Risotto and Floating Islands with Melted Chocolate Morsels (page 37).

From The Daily Beast

Craven stretched his neck—they were both eating Risotto alla Milanese!

From Project Gutenberg

If you like, leave out the risotto and serve the veal with Espagnole sauce mixed with cooked peas and chopped truffle.

From Project Gutenberg

Paolin and Puria, their hands clasped behind them, walked slowly towards the sideboard, lost in contemplation of the risotto pie.

From Project Gutenberg

Her husband seized her uplifted arm, signed to her to sniff, and then blew into her wide open mouth the word: "Risotto."

From Project Gutenberg

After this a steaming Risotto, with Scampe, somewhat resembling gigantic prawns.

From Project Gutenberg