Category: Rice
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Risotto With Seafood And Peas
Bears, beer, and risotto I know it’s been a while. I’ve been off in the semi-wilds of Canada for nearly a month, fighting off bears with my bare hands and riding moose. Actually, the closest I came to bears was from a kayak while they were turning over enormous rocks on a…
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Asparagus Risotto
The vagarities of Spring Spring is here with its fickle weather. It’s the time of the year that shouts out to you from its blue sky that it’s beautifully sunny so that you pull that light clothing out from the back of your wardrobe where it has been hibernating for the Winter. You…
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Risotto With Prosecco And Toasted Hazelnuts
How to win over your guests and destroy your enemies using risotto If you’re looking for a first course to win over your guests and destroy your enemies, then you’ve come to the right place. Risotto made with Prosecco (or any dry sparkling white wine) makes an elegant start to a meal. Actually,…
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Risotto With Pumpkin And Bacon
The story of the ravening monster and the pumpkin This week, I’m starting with a very sad story of emerging life, and sudden loss. I had a pumpkin plant sprouting in my vegetable garden. Every day it unfurled its leaves and grew bigger and longer. Unfortunately, also the weeds around it basked in…
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Risotto With Shrimps, Peas and Saffron
I found some fresh peas in the supermarket the other day and decided that I needed to eat them immediately, if not sooner……but how to have them? My mind worked furiously….hmmm…I suddenly remembered the kids were at the canteen at school this lunchtime, so they wouldn’t be home to complain about eating…
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Arancine (Sicilian Rice Balls)
What are arancine? When you go to Sicily (I’d love to write “whenever” meaning that you and I go often!), you see arancine sold everywhere. I first discovered them when I went to Sicily for the first time. Ha! This is for those of you who have been reading my posts for a while:…
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Sausage, Spinach and Beer Risotto
Risotto with a difference! This risotto with sausages and spinach has an extra special guest hitching along for the ride. Instead of using the usual wine to make the risotto, you actually use beer. It gives the risotto an extra depth of taste, especially if you pair it with good pork sausages. I…
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Risotto with Sausage and Borlotti Beans
How to make risotto two ways As promised, here’s risotto made the traditional way….be eternally grateful to me now, as I only did it this way for you instead of using my pressure cooker. 🙂 This recipe comes from my wonderful mother-in-law who makes this dish far better than I can! It’s a…
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Risotto With Scamorza And Bresaola
Why you need to buy a pressure cooker A good Italian friend of mine introduced me to the wonders of the pressure cooker and risotto making a few years ago. It is often used in Italian households and I’ve adopted its use with great gusto. Instead of having to stand over a hot…
