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Italian Strawberry risotto recipe

This recipe makes a delicious risotto with strawberries. I have seen on the web that there are a lot of different strawberry risotto recipes. The secret for me is to keep it very simple and not to use any cheese or cream. Why? The taste of the strawberries is very delicate and cheese or cream shade it. I have seen that in Italian American  cuisine there is a large use of cheese and it is put almost everywhere. Not in Italy and this reminds me the funny face of waiters in Italy when they see Americans put cheese on spaghetti with clams. There are so many dishes where cheese is considered a no no.   Mainly for everything that is considered having a delicate taste cheese is not used. I have tried both recipes with cream and cheese and without and the fragrance of the strawberries is more intact with the second one. For the rice you should use the short round Italian varietals like  riso Arborio, riso superfino Carnaroli and riso Vialone Nano, just to mention some.

 Recipe:

Ingredients:5oz rice, strawberries  one and a half cup, butter one table spoon, a small onion, a cup of white wine, a meat bouillon diluted in two cups of warm water or better chicken or meat broth

For me it is good use to wash the rice and keeping it in water at least half an hour before the cooking. The rice that way absorbs water and cooks better. It is for me bringing the rice back to its origins. For the strawberries wash them than cut them into pieces and keep them in the wine for at least half an hour before cooking. The wine has to be a delicate wine with good acidity. I used a Washington Riesling. The wine has a good price it is good for the cooking and what is left goes very well to be served with the risotto.

Fry the onion in the butter than add the rice. The main thing of a risotto is the continuous stirring with a wooden spoon adding the warm broth or the in warm water diluted bouillon little by little.

Depending on the rice usually the cooking of a risotto takes twenty minutes. After ten minutes add the strawberries with the wine and continue stirring until rice is ready.

Tommaso

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