risotto

ri·sot·to | \ ri-ˈsȯ-(ˌ)tō

How to pronounce risotto (audio)

, -ˈzȯ- \

plural risottos

Definition of risotto

: rice cooked usually in meat or seafood stock and seasoned (as with Parmesan cheese or saffron)

Examples of risotto in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The main dish of duck and risotto painted the plate with earth-tone abstracts. — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, "3 of San Antonio’s top restaurants offer fine on the cheap during monthlong Culinaria Restaurant Weeks: Bliss, Restaurant Gwendolyn and Botika," 13 Aug. 2020 Come back later to finish a creamy risotto with parmesan and herbs just before serving. — Mercedes Cardona, Good Housekeeping, "Cooking Experts Breakdown Everything You Need to Know About Sous Vide," 10 Aug. 2020 His involvement with the NBA started to mushroom — risotto-style. — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, "NBA players hated the food inside the bubble. So they called this Detroit chef.," 6 Aug. 2020 Serve fish over risotto, garnish with microgreens and enjoy! — Julia Gall, Marie Claire, "What's Cookin' With Rhuigi Villaseñor," 5 July 2020 Why not fashion a risotto such as this for La Festa di San Patrizio? — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, "Get Cooking: Risotto Verde St. Patrick," 11 Mar. 2020 So while Podesta’s risotto recipe was real, the hint by WikiLeaks that the e-mails had come from a DNC insider, possibly the young staffer Seth Rich, who was killed in a shooting incident in Washington, D.C., in July 2016, was not. — Jonathan Freedland, The New York Review of Books, "Disinformed to Death," 3 Aug. 2020 Lloyd, who’d cooked lobster risotto for the Bidens and steak frites for Bill Murray, was stuck at home, making meatloaf. — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, "The lives upended around a $20 cheeseburger," 7 July 2020 And the bed of creamy homemade risotto doesn’t hurt, either. Curry-Citrus Cauliflower Soup with Seared Scallops and Crispy Shallots Think of this soup as your go-to comfort food for the last few months of the year, a.k.a. peak scallop season. — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, "What Are Scallops? Everything You Need to Know," 30 June 2020

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“Risotto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risotto. Accessed 21 Sep. 2020.

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