75. Risotto coi Piselli

Rice with Peas

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

Rice! Behold the fattening food that the Turks feed to their women, so that they will develop, as a celebrated and well-known professor would say, sumptuous adipose cushions.

Ingredients

  • 500 grams (about 1 pound) of rice
  • 100 grams (about 3-½

Method

Rice, as I have indicated earlier, should not be washed; it is enough to clean it and rub it in a kitchen towel.

Mince the onion very finely with a mezzaluna and put it on the fire with half the butter. When it has turned golden brown, add the rice, stirring constantly with a large spoon until it has absorbed all the butter. Then start adding hot water ladleful at a time. Make sure the