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Yield: 6 servings
This updated spring classic calls for nutty-tasting short-grain brown rice instead of the traditional white arborio. Because the cooking time is longer with whole-grain rice, this risotto is cooked in the oven rather than on the stovetop, eliminating the need for almost constant stirring.
Ingredient note
Use short- or medium-grain brown rice, available in natural-foods stores and large supermarkets, to achieve the characteristic creamy risotto texture. Lundberg Family Farms (www.lundberg.com) sells an excellent short-grain brown rice. Another source is dannysorganic.com.
While in Italian, risotto mean rice in general, the dish risotto refers specifically to rice that has been stired while cooking, adding the liquid in increments. This cooking method pulls out the starch from the rice, creating a creamy sauce for the risotto. What this recipes is describing is a pilaf, where rice is coated with a fat (you also usually coat the rice with fat in risotto), and then all the liquid is added at once and not stirred. Pilafs are often baked, but not always.
As a culinarian, it drives me nuts when people use fancy cooking terms incorrectly trying to make thier dish sound more appealing.
Other than that, nice recipes, sounds delicious.
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Since when is that a quick and easy dish that I can prepare for my family????
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HOW DO YOU PEOPLE EXPECT US TO TRY IT WHWN YOU DONT EVEN GIVE A PICTURE ! WE EAT WITH OUR EYES 1ST YOU KNOW....!
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Like the lady sayes, wheres the picture so we can see what its supposed to turn out like
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Even though there was no picture I thought the dish was really good. very time consuming. There needs to be more liquid added to it so maybe more broth about 1/2-1 cup more. It seemed like it wasn\\'t watery enough but like the others said without a picture I don\\'t know what it\\'s actually supposed to taste like
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