(n.) A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves.
(v. i.) To hold ridottos.
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Risotto
Definition:
(n.) A kind of pottage.
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(1) To order your main course (from £7.50), squeeze through the tightly packed tables to the kitchen and select whatever catches your eye from an array of dishes that includes roast lamb, salmon with seafood risotto, stuffed cabbage, and sublime stuffed squid (£14), which comes with tomato rice studded with succulent octopus.
(2) I asked her what she thought of the freezing weather here and she said she was used to it.” At lunch, Kate dined on herb-infused vegetable terrine, poached salmon with dill hollandaise sauce, lemon pearl barley risotto and sautéed vegetables.
(3) 30g unsalted butter 2 tbsp olive oil 2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 tbsp picked thyme leaves 2 lemons, 1 shaved into long strips of zest and 1 finely grated 300g risotto rice 500g trimmed brussels sprouts, 200g shredded and 300g quartered 200ml dry white wine 900ml vegetable stock Salt and black pepper About 400ml sunflower oil 40g parmesan, roughly grated 60g dolcelatte, broken up into roughly 2cm chunks 10g tarragon, chopped 2 tsp lemon juice Put the butter and olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
(4) GB Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero, Piedmont, Italy 2008 (£28, The Wine Society ) This has the classic barolo paradox of power (14.5% alcohol) and ethereal fragrance (rose floral and subtle earthiness), but there's a ripeness and generosity of fruit here that you don't always find in nebbiolo at this age: a treat for wild mushroom risotto or pulse-based stews.
(5) Grate some rind into risottos, pasta sauces, stews and puddings (but don't grate too deep – the white pith doesn't taste good.)
(6) Each afternoon, dishes such as warm salad of potato, fried egg and Clonakilty black and white pudding; spaghetti carbonara; porcini risotto; or peppery, perfumed pastrami with remoulade and pieces of what resembled XXL melba toast, are all knocked out at £6.50.
(7) Risottos and quiches tend to take on a uniform, pudding-like texture."
(8) Our sushi, vegetarian risotto, snacky little chicken kara-age bao, one steak, one burger (both with accompaniments) plus delivery and service, comes to £99.69.
(9) It exists purely as a broadbrush gambit in the attritional process of freaking out his closest rivals: we picture Arsène Wenger coughing awkwardly on the Emirates bench and going for a bit of a walk along the touchline, Jose Mourinho discreetly wafting his coat-tails and muttering about last night's seafood risotto.
(10) As well as "omelettes and eggs whenever we are allowed to serve them", he offered the vaguely continental dishes of the time: bouillabaisse, risotto, goulash, quiche Lorraine; a dozen cheeses; and a choice of various coffees and teas.
(11) Serves 4 onion 1 small garlic 1 clove, chopped celery 1 small stick unsalted butter 30g, in 2 pieces olive oil 4-6 tbsp, plus a little extra for frying the sage salt a pinch bay leaf 1 fresh thyme a pinch pancetta 150g, chopped into small cubes risotto rice 300g (carnaroli is preferable) dry white wine 100ml hot chicken stock 1½ litres is more than enough trevisano 1 large, sliced into 1cm wide pieces parmesan 80g, grated lemon 1 sage 7 small leaves On a low heat sweat off the onion, garlic and celery in 15g of the butter and olive oil with a pinch of salt, then add the bay and thyme.
(12) If time permits, stop for lunch at Trattoria al Castelletto ( alcastelletto.com ), where the formidable Signora Clemi serves delicious dishes like pumpkin risotto or plump grilled porcini mushrooms.
(13) Looking at his website , I don't think Tuesday's seafood risotto, Wednesday's sizzling chicken fajitas or Saturday's mojito fruit salad would quite "weigh up".
(14) Cath cooked a lovely risotto, which was followed by a goat's cheese flan and a salad made by Jo.
(15) The Sunday buffet is incredible, with crab, prawns, mussels, fish risotto and a great seafood paella, best accompanied by some of their homemade cachaça (the base ingredient of caipirinha) free for all guests and served up in little clay pots.
(16) They will begin discussing the incredible meals they enjoyed in Italy – the seafood linguine, the-remarkable-risotto-in-that-family-restaurant-up-the-steps-that-very-hot-day, and then Brydon will go scurrying off on to the matter of Bobby Davro in a hot tub or Coogan will suddenly address the peculiar melancholy of business hotels: "One of those places that looks nice from the outside but it's got fire doors on the inside and those reinforcements they put on stairs – the rubber or brass strips on the steps.
(17) Open Mon-Sat 11.45am-6.30pm Coppi Facebook Twitter Pinterest City-centre sister restaurant to the highly regarded Il Pirata (toast of happening suburban ’hood Ballyhackamore), Coppi deals in a similar mix of cicchetti (small plates), pizzette and sharply executed pasta and risotto dishes.
(18) These are a little like the Italian arrancini, made by deep-frying leftover risotto.
(19) People favour risottos now, but before there was risotto, there was pilaff: buttery rice mixed with onions, garlic and tomatoes that have first been fried in olive oil.
(20) A steady stream of shoppers are filling their baskets with biscuits, fizzy pop, risotto rice and tins of tomatoes at Niftie’s grocery store in Dover on a cold January morning.