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ingredients  risotto alla milanese 

 icon icon Recipe: ingredients and history of the risotto alla Milanese, Italian traditional recipe of Milan.

The most classic of the risotto in Milan, town of the risotto. Nowadays quite impossible to find. Among the many tales existing about its origin we propose this one:  during the construction of the Duomo (the gothic cathedral of Milan) there was the belief that the gold added to  food brings great luck. So many nobles added a little of gold to their dishes and in the important meals it was the same also for other people.   At that time the daughter of the Glass Master working at the construction of the cathedral  had to be married. But the man was not rich, so it was not possible to buy gold for the wedding meal…but he was much beloved. One of his apprentices, as surprise, decided to add to the risotto, while cooking, a little saffron (used for colouring the Duomo glass windows). The result was so liked that..

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BASIC INGREDIENTSRICE-SAFFRON-BEEF MARROW icon 23
typologyTRADITIONAL OF MILAN
ConservationINADVISABLE
seasonWINTER
difficultiesMEDIUM

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icon           served  20 MINUTES  (minimum)
cooking icon20 MINUTES 
 working   icon10 MINUTES 

suggested wine: aromatic red

ingredients for 2 persons

RICEoz 5+1/4160 GRAMS
SAFFRON1 TEASPOON3 GRAMS
BEEF MARROWoz 130 GRAMS
SAUSAGEoz 3+1/2100 GRAMS
GARLIC1 CLOVE1 CLOVE
ONION1
WHITE WINE1/4 CUP1/2 GLASS
MEAT BROTH1 PINT500 CC
BUTTERoz 1/310 GRAMS
GRANA PADANO PARMESAN2 TABLESPOONS2 TABLESPOONS

 

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