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How to use risotto in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Risotto means an Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients. Example: “The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.”

Examples of risotto by meaning

nounAn Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

  • The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.
  • 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
  • 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

nounA similar dish made without rice.

  • a pearl barley risotto

More sentences with risotto

  • Still got risotto in the fridge leh.From the entry leh
  • This risotto is simply the jazz.From the entry jazz
  • The relatively simple risotto Bourguignon with a soft poached egg and red wine occupies four big pages.2012 December 8, Christopher Hirst, “Books of the Year 2012: Food”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry bourguignon
  • What can I get you?” “I guess I'll have the beet salad, and, um, the risotto, and a glass of red wine.2016 April 11, Ali Waller, “The Unincludeds” (3:58 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 11, spoken by Roger (Seth…. From the entry mostarda
  • Fada will offer such fare as risotto with Iranian saffron and veal bone marrow, and a citrus-cured fish called hiramasa with squid-ink oil.2009 September 2, Glenn Collins, “A Genteel Italian Now Tries Playing to the Crowd”, in New York Times. From the entry hiramasa
  • Changing a spark plug was easier than building a computer – which she had done, thankyouverymuch – or even just making a really good risotto.2007, Lucy A. Snyder, Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. From the entry thankyouverymuch
  • Bright makes his risotto with sushi rice rather than with traditional risotto rice and says that home cooks can use any short-grain rice that produces starch.2013 September 25, Michelle da Silva, “Sushi rice for risotto? Todd Bright's dish gets flexible”, in The Georgia Straight, Vancouver…. From the entry sushi rice
  • The four courses included scallops in a tomato and chili cream sauce, risotto and a cassoulet of either seafood or chicken covered with mashed potatoes au gratin.2012 October 20, John B. Saul, The Seattle Times, retrieved 24 Oct 2012. From the entry au gratin

Meaning of risotto

  1. noun An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.
  2. noun A similar dish made without rice.

Full definition of risotto

Questions about risotto in a sentence

How do you use risotto in a sentence?
Risotto is used as a noun. For example: “The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.”
What is a short sentence with risotto?
“a pearl barley risotto”
What does risotto mean?
Risotto means an Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

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