Risotto with Peas

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Clean the rice in a cloth; do not wash it. Sweat the finely chopped onion in half the butter until reddened.
  2. Add the rice and stir until it absorbs the soffritto.
  3. Add hot water a ladle at a time, salt, and cook to a dry doneness, adding the rest of the butter.
  4. Before removing, stir in the peas (No. 427) and a good handful of parmesan. Serves five.

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