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risotto

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ//
  • United States//ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ//

An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

noun

  1. 1

    An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

    The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.

    Risotti are another Alvaro passion, and there’s a different special each week, as well as a legendary strawberry risotto in season.

    Frankly, if I'm paying £21.50 for a plate of lamb or, as you can here, £50 for a white-truffle risotto, I'll bloody well tell you when I want to eat it.

    Risotti are made with fat, short-grain rice; […]

  2. 2

    A similar dish made without rice.

    a pearl barley risotto

Etymology

From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).

Forms

plural
risottos, risotti
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