risotto

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

/ rɪˈsɔ toʊ, -ˈsoʊ toʊ, -ˈsɒt oʊ; Italian riˈzɔt tɔ /

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noun Italian Cooking.

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

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Origin of risotto

1850–55; <Italian, derivative of risorice

Words nearby risotto

risk life and limb, risk management, risktaker, risky, Risorgimento, risotto, risqué, Riss, rissole, ristra, risus sardonicus

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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|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|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|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|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|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) /

noun plural -tos

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

Word Origin for risotto

C19: from Italian, from riso rice

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