Name: Risotto al Chianti (Risotto with Chianti)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 750 ml/1¼ pints/3 cups full-bodied Chianti red wine; 200 g/7 oz/1 cup arborio rice; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp unsalted butter; 3 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped; ½ celery stick, finely chopped; 1 red onion, finely chopped; about 550 ml/18 fl oz/2 ½ cups simmering beef, chicken or vegetable stock; 50 g/2 oz/⅔ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese; sea salt and ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

Although risotto is not a typical dish of this region, there is a small area of rice production near the small town of Pontedera - where the world-famous factory of Piaggio is situated, home of the Vespa scooter and the remarkable three-wheeled Ape agricultural vehicle - so a few rice recipes do exist. This one is for a classic risotto, and uses the red wine of the Chianti area to reiterate its Tuscan authenticity. Sage is the herb of choice, but since rosemary is a common herb of this regi