Re: Risotto Last Night

Ed P wrote on 5/7/2025 6:08 PM:

On 5/7/2025 5:05 PM, songbird wrote:

Ed P wrote:

Cooking for one, there are some dishes I pass on, one of them is
risotto.  I can scale it down, but it takes the same time to make a
small batch as a normal one.   Yesterday afternoon, my granddaughter
came over to help with an outdoor cleaning project.  So, I'm making
dinner.
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We both had a serving for dinner and enough left that we'll each have it
another night.  It has probably been a year since I enjoyed it.

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   it is one of those dishes that sounds ok, but likely i'll
never make it because i'm not a huge fan of rice (other than
rice pudding which i do like because of the raisins, nutmeg
and custard if you make an egg version).  Mom certainly won't
make it, she doesn't have the patience for that sort of
cooking.

 It is the only rice dish I make.  The rice is really a flavor carrier and helps round out the other ingredients, sausage, peas, Parm cheese, heavy cream, broth.
 Try it sometime, you may be surprise how much you like it.

I like it, especially on days when I feel a little under the weather.  I just call it rice soup, which is what it really is.  No need for fancy pretentious Italian or french names.  It's just rice soup.
It has almost no taste, unless there's added stuff, but it provides carbohydrates, and can be a good food if you're feeling sickly.