My Home Food That’s Amore- Arrivederci – Continue to Read my recipes on My New Blog
- Frascati Mutton Stew – Spezzatino di Castrato e Piselli al Frascati DOCG
- Baked Cauliflower and Potato Patties
- Birthdays and The Little Things That Please Us
- Quiche Frascataine
- Risotto alla Carbonara
- A Garland of Potatoes and Vegetables and a Good Bit of Scraping
- A Craving for Sartù – Using Leftovers Backwards
- Meatballs with Peas – Polpette con Piselli
- Rice and Lentil Fritters – Loving the Leftovers
Tag Archives: risotto
Hands on Hips over Risotto Making … and Seeing the Light with a Leftovers Risotto!
Hands on hips, but no pursed lips. My ‘attitude’ regarding risotto is born of listening and learning from other people, and then practising at home. Ours is not to pontificate but ours IS to investigate, evaluate and recreate. I would … Continue reading
Pea, Squid and Prawn Risotto
The seafood ingredients and the peas were all frozen. And though fresh seafood would have been even better (definitely!), we can’ t always be sniffy about frozen foods. The squid came from the Mediterranean and the prawns were from Argentina. … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Fish and seafood, Herbs and plants, Uncategorized
Tagged carrot, celery. garlic, frozen peas, frozen prawns, Frozen squid, lemon zest, onion, parsely, pseudo-bisque, risotto
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My home-made Saffron Risotto – Risotto alla Milanese
For all that Risotto alla Milanese is a classic, I don’t often make it. Indeed, time was when I’d buy a packet of Knorr’s ready-made risotto (in which the rice wasn’t even proper carnaroli or arborio rice, now that I … Continue reading
Squash and Grapes for an Autumnal Risotto
I do love the colours of Autumn when the leaves on the trees blaze crazily on the road to hibernation (or whatever trees do when the weather is cold and the days short). It is my considered opinion that this … Continue reading
Nettle Risotto
When I announced that we were going to have risotto for lunch the other day, both my kids gave me funny looks and when I further commented on it containing nettles, their body language and facial expressions knew no bounds. … Continue reading
The Elegance of a Plain Risotto
What do the words ‘summer holiday’ evoke in the average, relatively grown-up person? For me, they kindle up existential magic. Throughout all my summer holidays at boarding school in England, life donned a special cloak of ‘alive-liness’. Even boring periods … Continue reading
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