Alittle food help please??

Question

I would like to know what exactly is risotto? I've always been very curious about this food and i love to cook new foods, but obviously i cant make it if i dont know what it is right. help me please! any takers?Also if you do know exactly what it is, maybe you can send me an e-mail, giving me some pointers on how to cook it correctly? Love you guys! thanks a bunch!

Answer 1

It's a rice dish. I love it.

My favourite is the spinach &mushroom one. I sometimes add chicken.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp butter

1 onion (finely chopped)

400g arborio rice

200ml dry white wine

1500 hot chicken stock

300g mushrooms (sliced)

150g spinach leaves (blanched and chopped)

2 tbsp butter

1/2 cup grated parmesan

[Diced chicken if desired]

Method;

Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion (finely chopped), stirring, until pale yellow.

Add 400g arborio rice and stir to coat with butter.

Add 200ml dry white wine.

Cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until all wine is evaporated.

Add hot chicken or vegetable stock, one ladleful at a time, stirring continuously, for about 7 minutes in total or until rice is half cooked, then add mushrooms (sliced).

Stir, then gradually add another 700-750ml hot stock and continue stirring for 5-8 minutes or until rice is al dente.

Stir in spinach leaves (blanched and chopped), 2 tbsp butter and 1/2 cup grated parmesan.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Risotto is a rice dish made from a type of short grain rice called Arborio.  It is cooked by cooking the rice in a small amount of olive oil until the rice starts turning golden, adding a little wine cooking that until the liquid is absorbed by the rice and then slowly adding other hot liquid and cooking it until it is a creamy consistency and the rice has a little "tooth" to it.  It is usually finished with some fresh grated parmesan cheese.  It sometimes is cooked with wild mushroom or seafood, chicken, etc. added once the rice is cooked.  You can find recipes for risotto on many websites such as the food network.

Answer 3

risotto is a rice dish that uses aborrio rice, you cook it with chicken broth, saute onions and the rice, but instead of doing it on the stove its done i the oven

Answer 4

risotto is a rice dish made with a special rice called aborio.  It is a bit starchier than regular long grain rice and looks different too.  The package of rice will have a nice basic recipe on it but you really just cook it more slowly than regular rice, adding the liquid a little at a time and stirring a lot.  It is very good.