risotto
noun
ri·sot·to
ri-ˈsȯ-(ˌ)tō 
-ˈzȯ-
plural risottos
: rice cooked usually in meat or seafood stock and seasoned (as with Parmesan cheese or saffron)
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Chef Michelino Gioia and barman Federico Morosi whipped up favorites including shrimp risotto with ginger and lime and the famous Teller negroni, an homage to Juergen Teller and one of Il Pellicano’s many signature cocktails.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
My filet of Creole catfish ($21.95) arrives on a puck of corn risotto cake.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
The risotto was impeccably cooked, each grain a plump oval glutted with crab stock and a compound butter infused with ginger, shallot Thai chile and tomato.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
That’s in addition to entrees like mushroom risotto, breaded veal Milanese and a 16-ounce prime N.Y. strip; and seven lunch-only heroes including meatball and eggplant parmigiana and the Frank Sinatra (prosciutto di parma, mozzarella, olive oil and black pepper).
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
My filet of Creole catfish ($21.95) arrives on a puck of corn risotto cake.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
The risotto was impeccably cooked, each grain a plump oval glutted with crab stock and a compound butter infused with ginger, shallot Thai chile and tomato.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
That’s in addition to entrees like mushroom risotto, breaded veal Milanese and a 16-ounce prime N.Y. strip; and seven lunch-only heroes including meatball and eggplant parmigiana and the Frank Sinatra (prosciutto di parma, mozzarella, olive oil and black pepper).
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
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“Risotto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risotto. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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