82. Risotto coi Gamberi

Name: Risotto coi Gamberi (Rice with Prawns)
Ingredients: rice; onion; carrot; garlic cloves; parmesan cheese; olive oil; pepper; salt; tomato paste; crayfish; celery; parsley

Rice with Prawns

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well

By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

About

It is said that a lady prawn once chided her daughter, saying, “Good Lord, how crookedly you move! Can’t you walk straight?” “And you, mama, how do you walk?” replied the daughter, “How can I walk straight when everyone I see walks sideways?” And the daughter was right.²¹

Method

300 grams (about 10-½ ounces) of crayfish will be enough for 700 grams (about 1-½ pounds) of rice and will serve eight people.

Finely chop half an onion, three garlic cloves