Cooking with Patty, my personal collection of Italian recipesA well made risotto is even better than a pasta in my opinion. Here are some of my Rice & Risotto recipes if you've never made one before give it a try!
A Venetian recipe, one of my favorite risotto dishes. Aside from being absolutely delicious this dish will leave everyone in shock for its black appearance. There’s also a version of this risotto without the cuttlefish ink but the flavor and appearance is much better this way.
This risotto is a Milan’s classic recipe made precious by the right use of saffron. It is usually served together with Ossibuchi (Veal Shanks). If you visit the city you’ll find it on the menu of most restaurants. The risotto should be “al dente” but creamy, not too dry and certainly not soupy. It may [...]
This is a classic from my region of Italy. The name Risi e bisi is dialect, the Italian name would be Riso e Piselli.
Insalata di riso or risotto alla greca (Greek style rice) is a very common dish in Italy during the summer. It’s fast and easy to make, this is the way I prepare it but you’re free to add or substitute some ingredients with others at your own imagination. Some people like to add boiled eggs, [...]
Whenever the family is together and we make this risotto my father tells us about when he was a boy and he said he didn’t like rice with celery. His father made it for him all the time after that until he acquired a taste for it. Well I’m sure most of you would like this risotto right from the start.
Two very basic ingredients that make a tasty warm rice for a cold rainy day.
A delicate way to prepare rice with flavors from the sea.
Risotto with asparagus is synonymous of spring when the asparagus are in season. In Italy we have many different types of asparagus in sizes and color, mainly green and white. White asparagus are more bitter then the green varieties, the peculiarity of this kind is that they sprout underground so this explain their color. If you’re using white asparagus to prepare this risotto the result will be a more delicate flavor.
It seems unusual to combine würstel (hot dogs) and beer in a risotto but the result is decisively outstanding with a clear reference to the Tirolean cuisine.
A colorful risotto to lighten up your meal: sweet and meaty bell peppers cooked until caramelized refined by a touch of heavy cream.
This is the most popular risotto recipe in my house. Dry porcini mushrooms play an important role in the kitchen with their strong and hearty aroma adding a remarkable taste to this risotto inimitable by other kind of mushrooms
This is a wonderful recipe if you can have radicchio. I make this every fall when the radicchio are in season.
A good wintery dish. It’ll warm cold bones and it’s so wonderful to eat.
It’s getting more and more common in Italy to prepare Risotto dishes using fruit as the main ingredient. Risotto with strawberries is particularly refreshing and light, in fact it has no butter or cheese.
A good wintery dish. It’ll warm cold bones and it’s so wonderful to eat.
A delicate but delicious risotto and a real eye opener for family and friends.
