Dictionary

risotto en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.
   • Risotti are made with fat, short-grain rice; […] 2013, Damon Lee Fowler, Essentials of Southern Cooking: Techniques and Flavors of a Classic American Cuisine, Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 78:
   • The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.
   • Frankly, if I'm paying £21.50 for a plate of lamb or, as you can here, £50 for a white-truffle risotto, I'll bloody well tell you when I want to eat it. 2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
   • Risotti are another Alvaro passion, and there’s a different special each week, as well as a legendary strawberry risotto in season. 2006, Fleur Britten, editor, A Hedonist’s Guide to London, Filmer Ltd, →ISBN, page 84:
   • This is one of the biggest chapters in this book because there are just so many vegetables that marry well with rice to make fantastic risotti! 2017, Valentina Harris, “Vegetables”, in Risotto! Risotto!, Absolute Press, →ISBN:
2. (countable, uncountable) A similar dish made without rice.
   • a pearl barley risotto

Forms

Deriveds

risottolike

Translations (23)

he ריזוטו (food) · lmo risott (food) · ru ризо́тто (food) · fr risotto (food) · ko 리소토 (food) · pt risoto (food) · tr risotto (food) · pl risotto (food) · yi ריזאָטאָ (food) · cs rizoto (food) · el ριζότο (food) · ja リゾット (food) · ar رِيزُوتُو (food) · id risoto (food) · yue 意大利燴飯 /意大利烩饭 (food) · cmn 意大利燴飯 /意大利烩饭 (food) · ar رِيزُوتُو (food) · ro rizoto (food) · fi risotto (food) · eo rizoto (food) · de Risotto (food) · it risotto (food) · pms risòt (food)