Linda’s Risotto Two Ways: Traditional

Recipes
Written By Linda Secondari

Risotto is the first dish I ever cooked. My father put me to work stirring the pot, standing on a kitchen stool, when I was 6 years old. He warned me not to drown the rice with broth, to stir it continuously, and to add more broth when my wooden spoon revealed the bottom of the pot. I have since then made this dish many times. Just as there are alternatives to meetings, there are alternative ways to cook risotto. I’m sharing the traditional recipe this month, (based on Marcella Hazan’s recipe in Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking) and I will share the alternative recipe next month. (They are both really yummy!)

Ingredients

  • 5 cups stock

  • 3 tablespoons butter

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 cup white wine

  • 2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped

  • 2 cups arborio rice

  • Parmigiano rind

  • 1/2 cup (heaping) parmigiano*

  • 1/3 teaspoon saffron

 
 
 
 

Directions

  1. Bring broth to a boil, lower to a simmer and add saffron.

  2. Add 1 tablespoon butter into a pot, add onion, cook until translucent.

  3. Add rice, stir to coat.

  4. Add wine, stir the rice until evaporated.

  5. Add broth 1/2 cup at a time, stir continuously.

  6. After 30 minutes begin checking for doneness. When rice is 1-2 minutes from being done, add remaining butter and parmigiano, stir until melted.

  7. Remove from heat. Season to taste. Serve promptly.

Yield: 6 servings

 

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Linda Secondari

I’ve spent more years than I care to mention honing my skills at preeminent academic publishers. As the Creative Director for both Oxford University Press and Columbia University Press, and Art Director for Russek Advertising (where clients included Shakespeare in the Park and John Leguizamo), I felt the call to take what I’d learned and what I’d done and start my own design studio (or studiolo).

Using intelligent design strategy and inspiring design solutions, I believe we can improve the world through better communication. I’ve been fortunate to do that for independent authors, major publishers, NGOs, educational institutions, nonprofits and think tanks. And while the industries might be varied, the one unifier is a desire to reach their audience and get their big ideas noticed.

Whether I’m cooking up a batch of puttanesca or helping an organization rethink their look, message and go-to-market strategy, I always strive to create an end result that wows.

My clients often remark how I interpret what they need from what they say and that I’m the calm voice of reason in their often frenetic industry. (must be all that meditating.)

If you have a project that could use some transformation, let’s turn the page together.

 

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