How do restaurants serve risotto?

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Alastair Little's Italian Kitchen

By Alastair Little

Published 1996

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In general they don’t – they serve a bastardised version involving part cooking and reheating. There is no point in imitating chefs here. Restaurants that are very serious about risotto in Italy cook it to order, and quite wonderful it is too, especially when you have waited half an hour for it.