Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dish of rice cooked in broth, usually with saffron, and served with grated cheese.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An Italian dish of rice and cheese.
Wiktionary
- n. countable An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.
- n. uncountable Risotto considered as food.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of pottage.
WordNet 3.0
- n. rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese
Etymologies
- Italian (Wiktionary)
- Italian, from riso, rice, from Old Italian; see rice. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Continue adding stock, 1/2 cup at a time, and stirring while its absorbed, until the risotto is the consistency you desire; it should be moist and creamy, not dry.”
“If necessary, add stock until the risotto is the consistency you desire; it should be moist and creamy, not thick and dry.”
Recipes: Home-Cured Flat Pancetta & Edamame and Mushroom Risotto with Pancetta
“Add stock until the risotto is the consistency you desire; it should be moist and creamy, not dry.”
“I am fond of this beet risotto for using up extra beets, and this "breakfast risotto", which is really good at any meal, and once I made this pumpkin risotto with crispy sage leaves, mm.”
“Small box (background): Pumpkin risotto, mini quiche cup.”
“Making risotto is one of the most comforting activities I can imagine, just standing at the stove, adding chicken broth a bit at a time, while people sit around the kitchen table and talk.”
“The firm, yet creamy, texture of perfectly cooked risotto is the perfect foil for vegetables of all kinds.”
“Combined with beets or squash, risotto is warming winter fare.”
“How I do soupier risotto is to cook until the rice is still a little firm in the center, and then add more stock to get the creaminess I prefer.”
“Amelia's in Jurica for Italian food, their mushroom risotto is particularly good.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘risotto’.
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Open List: Rice Is Nice!
Everything rice. There are many styles of sushi listed here. For convention's sake, I list them in lower case letters and without a hyphen (inarizushi rather than Inari-zushi).
Rice v...Carnaroli, ricer, wild rice, risotto, sushi, arborio, basmati, superfino, amylose, beri-beri, Carolina rice, Indo-Chinese rice and 155 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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chefjulianin's Words
high, ice, recipe, bear, bare, lady, food, identity, sudden, spooky, away, cook and 142 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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zetadiction
words that embody life
hydrae, kleptocracy, curmudgeon, wordie, risotto, qi, pulchritudinous, micropolitan, schadenfreude, neolithic, experimentalist, zeta and 477 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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Food and Cooking
lasagna, vindaloo, lemon grass, nutmeg, origano, basil, risotto, fenugreek, saffron, arborio rice, basmati rice, paella and 14 more...
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Eating Words
eat, fret, frass, etch, ort, edacious, edible, escarole, esculent, esurient, comedo, comestible and 49 more...
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food words
mirepoix, chanterelle, confit, saucier, roux, bouillabaisse, santoku, muffuletta, turducken, en papillote, struffoli, compound butter and 42 more...
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food and wine
bellini, lambrusco, frangelico, asti, prosecco, rosato, bianco, rosso, limoncello, amore, béchamel, chianti and 66 more...
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foodie list
pan, gourmet, mincing, clam, oyster, geoduck, scallop, meringue, baste, garam masala, rarebit, phyllo and 66 more...
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Food and Beverage
phyllo, beurre, habanero, cordon bleu, coleslaw, corvina, au gratin, poblano, frittata, sabayon, meritage, côte a l’os and 85 more...
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fuel & food
crumble, comestible, sommelier, coffee, wine, pepper, basil, ginseng, cherry, dill, honey, wineglass and 49 more...
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