Not Risotto

jhyan - June 18, 2007 03:40:58 PM PST

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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You call that easy?

Joy L - March 30, 2009 05:14:47 PM PST

Since when is that a quick and easy dish that I can prepare for my family????

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WOW !

Chels - March 30, 2009 11:31:12 AM PST

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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wont try

uklady5 - March 30, 2009 07:53:05 PM PST

Like the lady sayes, wheres the picture so we can see what its supposed to turn out like

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Really Good

amjgrad0202 - August 27, 2009 01:27:46 PM PST

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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