risotto
USri-ZOH-toh/ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/UKri-ZOT-oh/ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/
- 1A creamy Italian dish made by cooking rice slowly in broth with other foods.
Like a soft, creamy rice dish, a bit like rice pudding but salty instead of sweet.
She stirred the risotto until the rice turned soft and creamy.
We ordered mushroom risotto at the little Italian restaurant.
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- 2A dish cooked like the rice version but made without rice, using something else in its place.
Like cooking a dish the same creamy way but swapping out the main ingredient.
The chef prepared a creamy barley risotto instead of using rice.
We tried a cauliflower risotto that contained no rice at all.
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Origin
From Italian risotto, from riso meaning "rice".