Risotto - A Tasty, Nutritious, And Healthy Traditional Northern Italian Dish

Hello there, fellow Steemit users as well as dear readers from both Steemit and outside of it! For today's personal contribution on my Steemit blog, I decided to write a bit about risotto, a great, tasty, nutritious, and healthy traditional northern Italian dish.

The northern Italian risotto originated in the region of Lombardy and is similar to what other Europeans and other peoples around the world call 'pilaf' (including, most notably, in my home country, Romania). Risotto stems from the Italian word 'riso' which simply means rice.

The Italian risotto is obtained after cooking rice with a broth up until the composition reaches a soft, creamy consistency. It is best served warm and excellent during the autumn and winter season, in my humble opinion. It is a rather versatile dish in that its broth can stem from boiling fish, other types of meat, and/or various vegetables. Risotto can therefore be cooked in a variety of ways.

In addition, many risotto recipes also include butter, white wine, or cheese. There are also regional variants of risotto prepared across Italy which vary one from another. However, in all of the cases, the rice is dominant ingredient, of course. 🙂

Below are a couple of photographs depicting the beauty, simplicity (or, in stark contrast, complexity, by case), elegance, refinement, and tastiness of the Italian risotto. I truly hope you will like them.

Risotto with baked mushrooms. Image source: Pixabay

Risotto de gambas, served at restaurant Danieli in Vienna, Austria. Image source: Wikimedia Commons

Risotto served in France. Image source: Wikimedia Commons

Lemon chive risotto served with grilled shrimps. Image source: Wikimedia Commons

That was all for this post. I truly hope you liked it, found it interesting, and well worth your time! Thank you very much for your time, attention, readership, appreciation, and positive feedback here on my Steemit post! It means a lot to me! All the best, take care, stay safe, and have a wonderful autumn along with your dear ones! Grazie! 🙂