How Saffron Risotto Is Made in Italy | DW Food

Feb 10, 2024 | Risotto is a simple dish with just a few ingredients, and yet many people fail at making it.

The perfect risotto can only be achieved with a lot of patience and instinct. Head chef Elvis Dollenga from the Milanese restaurant Risoelatte shows you all the tricks on how to prepare Risotto alla Milanese perfectly and how to achieve that special, creamy consistency.

The special thing about Risotto alla Milanese: the saffron gives it its yellow hue. In the 16th century, one of the apprentices working on the stained-glass windows of Milan Cathedral is said to have added saffron to the white rice to give it its special color. Today, Risotto alla Milanese is a classic of Italian cuisine.

Italy is still the largest rice exporter in Europe. The rice is grown in the Po Valley, which is also known as the rice bowl of Europe. So it's no wonder that the traditional Milanese dish is risotto. You need risotto rice (only this releases the starch during cooking and constant stirring to create the special creaminess), freshly cooked beef stock made from bones and vegetables, white wine, Parmesan and butter. And of course: saffron.

CREDITS:

Report: Andrea Horakh
Camera: Domenico Cannata
Edit: Monika Wenczel
Supervising Editors: Ruben Kalus

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For Lidia’s website, click here.

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For the full recipe, please click here and then click on “more”.

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Ingredienti/Ingredients:

Farina “0” 260-280W/Flour “0” 260-280W 500g
Acqua/Water 350g
Sale/Salt 10g
Olio EVO/EVO Oil 12ml
Lievito di birra/Fresh brewer's yeast 2,5 g (oppure Lievito secco/Active dry yeast 1,25 g)

Method as shown in the video.

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Pasta alla puttanesca by U-go

Nov 20, 2020 Make sure you prepare this delicious and easy Italian pasta. I prepare a lot every time. A great flavor to take you directly to Italy through taste. It is one of the most delicious pasta recipe enjoyed throughout the whole world. Try the spicy pasta everyone loves.

Everyone loves this pasta puttanesca and everyone who eats it will ask you for the recipe!

ASMR - the Italian way.


Ingredients:

penne rigate
400 gm pitted green olives
80 gm pitted black olives
600 gm peeled tomatoes
50 gm capers
50 gm anchovy fillets in oil
2 garlic cloves
1 sprig of parsley
1 hot pepper
Salt to taste.
Extra virgin olive oil (EVO) – as needed

Method:

As shown in video.

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To read about the name puttanesca and the odd history of the sauce, please click here.

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WIKIPEDIA: Pasta alla carbonara.

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INGREDIENTI:

Pasta fresca/Fresh pasta:

Farina/Flour 00/00 300g
Uova/Eggs 3
Sale qb

Ragù/Bolognese sauce:

Carne bovina/Beef 500g
Salsiccia/pork sausage 200g
Passata pomodoro/Tomato paste 400g
Acqua/Water 100g
Vino rosso/Red wine – 1/2 bicchiere (1/2 glass)
Carote/Carrots
3 Cipolle/Onions
2 Sedano/Celery
1 Olio EVO/EVO oil qb
Sale/Salt qb

Besciamella/Bechamel:

Latte intero/Whole milk 1l
Farina/flour 00/00 70g
Burro/Butter 70 g
Sale/Salt qb
Noce moscata/nutmeg qb

Per la guarnizione/For the garnish:

Parmigiano 24 mesi 24 (months) qb
Burro/Butter qb

*qb: quanto basta = as much as you need; according to taste

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