Risotto ai Funghi

Ideally you should use porcini to make this risotto. However, they have only a limited season and are difficult to buy, especially outside Italy in countries such as Britain and America, where this type of mushroom is known only in its dried form. If you cannot find freshly picked porcini, then the combination of cultivated mushrooms and dried porcini should give a good result, although naturally not to be compared to the real thing.