risotto
noun
ri·sot·to
ri-ˈsȯ-(ˌ)tō 
-ˈzȯ-
plural risottos
: rice cooked usually in meat or seafood stock and seasoned (as with Parmesan cheese or saffron)
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Participants learn to prepare Italian staples like pasta, risotto, and Venetian desserts.
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Taryn White, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Featured entrees include eggplant parmesan, ricotta lasagna, chicken marsala and salmon with lemon risotto, shrimp scampi, cioppino, bone-in pork Milanese, smoked short rib with mascarpone polenta and Florentine steak for two, to name a few.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
The menu here is more traditional, with fresh crudos, seafood pastas and risotto, raviolo alla norma (the famous Sicilian dish with eggplant), octopus in a marsala sauce, and lasagna bolognese.
—Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
Pots of warm rice, soup, stew, pasta or risotto turn instantly vibrant when finished with herbs.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
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Taryn White, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Featured entrees include eggplant parmesan, ricotta lasagna, chicken marsala and salmon with lemon risotto, shrimp scampi, cioppino, bone-in pork Milanese, smoked short rib with mascarpone polenta and Florentine steak for two, to name a few.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
The menu here is more traditional, with fresh crudos, seafood pastas and risotto, raviolo alla norma (the famous Sicilian dish with eggplant), octopus in a marsala sauce, and lasagna bolognese.
—Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
Pots of warm rice, soup, stew, pasta or risotto turn instantly vibrant when finished with herbs.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for risotto
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“Risotto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risotto. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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