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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Traditional Italian dishes like cacio e pepe, rigatoni alla puttanesca, and risotto pomodoro are offered along with beloved family recipes that include lasagna della nonna and eggplant parmesan.
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Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
The reward for making risotto, in short, was the chance to make a fresh heap of risotto.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The Christmas Eve dinner is a prix fixe menu ($85 per person) served from 4 to 9 p.m. Entrees include a choice of prime rib, salmon, a Cornish game hen, wild mushroom risotto, or a surf and turf option of a center-cut filet and lobster tail.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Menu highlights include roasted turkey with chestnut stuffing, cranberry compote, giblet gravy and watercress; Ora king salmon paired with basmati rice, pomegranate relish, golden raisins and spinach; or a delectable butternut squash black truffle risotto.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
The reward for making risotto, in short, was the chance to make a fresh heap of risotto.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The Christmas Eve dinner is a prix fixe menu ($85 per person) served from 4 to 9 p.m. Entrees include a choice of prime rib, salmon, a Cornish game hen, wild mushroom risotto, or a surf and turf option of a center-cut filet and lobster tail.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Menu highlights include roasted turkey with chestnut stuffing, cranberry compote, giblet gravy and watercress; Ora king salmon paired with basmati rice, pomegranate relish, golden raisins and spinach; or a delectable butternut squash black truffle risotto.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Risotto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risotto. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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