July 20, 2023
In Northen Italy we are
risotto lovers. In fact we eat less pasta than the other Italians.
Rice is always in the
menu of family celebrations: birthdays, weddings, Easter and Christmas lunch.
Rice can be cooked with literally every
fresh ingredient the season has to offer:
- asparagus in the spring
- zucchini in the summer
- mushrooms and pumpkin in the fall
- a local kind of cured meat called
tastasalStirring the grains of rice, make them release their starch content, giving the typical creaminess that is so delicious... without excess of butter and fats.
Cooking time is key for a good
al dente risotto: 14 minutes is the cooking time for the locally grown variety, the
POD rice Vialone Nano VeroneseIn fact in Verona not only we are rice lovers: we are also proud rice producers: in the
Low Lands not only you find water flooded paddy fields, but also excellent restaurants to try it.
We know where they are!
You can
book our risotto tour in the Low Lands here:
