Risotto Milanese
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2shallots, chopped
- 4tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1½cups Italian Arborio rice
- Pinch of saffron dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
- 1cup dry Italian white wine
- 4 to 6cups hot chicken stock, preferably homemade
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- ⅓ to ½cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Preparation
- Step 1
In large heavy saucepan or skillet, soften shallots in butter. Add rice and cook over fairly high heat, stirring constantly, until grains turn opaque.
- Step 2
Add dissolved saffron and wine and stir well to prevent rice from sticking to bottom of pan. When liquid has evaporated, add a ladle of hot broth. Repeat this procedure until rice is almost tender but firm. If you run out of stock, add warm water instead.
- Step 3
Turn off heat and season risotto with salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese to taste. Serve immediately with more cheese passed separately.
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Made it with Salmon and Ottolenghi’s Broccolini from Simple and Carrots. This recipe was the star of the show. Made it exactly as indicated. Perfect.
Great recipe. We used a hefty pinch of saffron. No other changes and it was delicious.
I usually just throw risotto together out of my head, but I needed to make a very large batch for a party so I thought I had better use a recipe. I followed this precisely as written (though I doubled the recipe and made two batches...) and it came out beautifully!