Posted in Events, Food Mania, Gluten free recipes, Oven baked recipes, Recipes, Risotto recipes, Travel on Apr 11th, 2011
By Karl Vassallo as told to Adam Warner It wasn’t the scale of the place that impressed me at first, but rather the size of an event that was dedicated solely to rice, specifically risotto rice. I was at the Fiera del Riso in the village of Isola della Scala just outside Verona. A village [...]
Posted in Food Mania, Gluten free recipes, Recipes, Risotto recipes, Vegetarian recipes on Mar 16th, 2011
For many years the only type of rice I associated with risotto was Arborio. This happened for two main reasons. First of all, Arborio, was the only type of rice available on our supermarket shelves. Secondly, my poor rice education kept me linking risotto with Arborio. Today, after collecting information and experiences from my brother [...]
Posted in Events, Gluten free recipes, Recipes, Risotto recipes, Travel, Vegetarian recipes on Mar 8th, 2011
By Karl Vassallo as told to Adam Warner This is the first of a series of articles about my experiences whilst travelling around the risotto rice belt. My first stop was Isola della Scala, home of the Vialone nano rice, in the Veneto region – Italy. When it comes to risotto I’m a bit of [...]
Posted in Gluten free recipes, Recipes, Risotto recipes on Mar 8th, 2011
This is a basic risotto recipe that can be used as a base for most of your risotto dishes. Ingredients for 4 people: 320g Carnaroli rice 700ml vegetable stock 60g parmiggiano reggiano, grated ½ onion, finely chopped knob of butter extra stock Making the vegetable stock Roughly chop 3 celery sticks, 2 medium-sized carrots and 1 large onion. [...]
Posted in Gluten free recipes, Recipes, Risotto recipes on Oct 31st, 2010
Last Sunday I invited over some friends for a risotto degustation menu. Since I’ve been to Verona I learnt about this ‘new’ technique of how to cook rice for risotto. Basically this cooking method requires no stirring and thus it is so very easy to cook a risotto menu that it can be done in a relatively short period of time. The preparation [...]
Excuse me for my absence and the delay in completing the Primi D’Italia experience but as you may have noted I was focused on insurance exams! Now that I am over and done with I can get back to my blog writing, with a bang! My last entry of the primi festival in Foligno is all about rice! One of the degustation [...]
Posted in Gluten free recipes, Recipes, Risotto recipes on Oct 18th, 2010
A simple vegetarian risotto recipe with spinach. Ingredients for 4 people: 320 gr carnaroli rice 175 gr fresh spinach 700 ml home made vegetable stock 60 gr grated parmesan cheese 1/2 onion 1 garlic clove, crushed 40 gr extra virgin olive oil knob of butter salt and pepper Blanch the spinach and then chop it finely. In [...]
Posted in Gluten free recipes, Meat, Oven baked recipes, Poultry, Recipes, Risotto recipes on Oct 17th, 2010
As I am spending my days stuck on a chair, leafing through the Claims Management course book and repeating the same points over and over again until, hopefully, they get soaked in my fading memory, my man took over preparation of today’s lunch. I must say that it was quite an original piece of work with [...]
Posted in Recipes, Risotto recipes on Sep 5th, 2010
Squaquerello, Squacquerone?! What on earth is that?! Sometimes, I found this ingredient in Italian recipes and I always wondered what does this funny word stand for. Well, this creamy cheese of the Emilia-Romagna region, believe it or not, it is also available on our supermarket shelves. Not for long, I assume, since many people would [...]
Posted in Recipes, Risotto recipes on Oct 24th, 2009
Here’s an easy recipe… ideal for a quick lunch or as a starter. Ingredients for 4: 300g carnaroli rice 1 small onion 1 large potato 1 fennel bulb 200g smoked salmon half glass of white wine knob of butter 500ml stock 150g Greek yogurt Finely chop the onion. Peel and cut the potatoes in small [...]
