Where does Risotto ai Funghi come from?

Risotto ai Funghi — country of origin: Italy.

What is Risotto ai Funghi made of?

Risotto rice, porcini, button mushroom, butter, onion, garlic, white wine, broth, Parmigiano Reggiano, parsley.

Which allergens does Risotto ai Funghi contain?

Contains milk and milk products (including lactose). Contains sulphur dioxide and sulphites.

How do you pronounce Risotto ai Funghi?

Risotto ai funghi (Italian) is pronounced /riˈzɔtto ai ˈfunɡi/.

Risotto ai Funghi

Pronunciation (IPA) /riˈzɔtto ai ˈfunɡi/

Northern Italy's mushroom risotto — short-grain rice toasted in butter and cooked slowly with broth, carried by porcini and finished with Parmigiano off the heat.

Also known as: Risotto ai porcini · mushroom risotto

Allergens & declarations

Contains

Milk (including Lactose)

Contains milk and milk products (including lactose)

Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfites

Contains sulphur dioxide and sulphites

This describes the classic recipe, so you know what to ask about. It is not a declaration for any particular kitchen — recipes and suppliers vary, and only the restaurant can tell you what is in the dish it serves.

In detail

Risotto ai funghi is a northern Italian rice dish built around mushrooms — porcini above all — cooked into short-grain rice with broth until creamy, without cream.

What it really is

Short-grain rice — Carnaroli, Arborio or Vialone Nano — is toasted in butter with finely chopped onion, then wetted with white wine. Hot broth follows a ladle at a time, stirred in as the rice takes each addition up. The method makes any risotto; the mushrooms make this one.

Porcini carry the dish. Fresh, they are around for a few weeks in autumn; the rest of the year they are used dried and soaked, and the soaking liquid goes into the broth. Cultivated mushrooms are often sautéed separately with garlic and folded in for body.

Off the heat, cold butter and grated Parmigiano Reggiano are beaten through — the mantecatura. The texture to aim for is all'onda: loose enough to ripple when the plate is tapped.

How it is served

Immediately, cooked to order; around eighteen minutes, and it cannot be held.
Spread flat as a first course, scattered with parsley.

Say which mushrooms: porcini, mixed wild or cultivated. Guests read "funghi" as porcini.
Name the broth — it decides whether the dish is vegetarian.
Gluten-free, but it contains dairy and the wine leaves sulphites.

Typical ingredients

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Frequently asked questions

What is Risotto ai Funghi?: Northern Italy's mushroom risotto — short-grain rice toasted in butter and cooked slowly with broth, carried by porcini and finished with Parmigiano off the heat.
Where does Risotto ai Funghi come from?: Risotto ai Funghi — country of origin: Italy.
What is Risotto ai Funghi made of?: Risotto rice, porcini, button mushroom, butter, onion, garlic, white wine, broth, Parmigiano Reggiano, parsley.
Which allergens does Risotto ai Funghi contain?: Contains milk and milk products (including lactose). Contains sulphur dioxide and sulphites.
What is Risotto ai Funghi also known as?: Risotto ai porcini, mushroom risotto.
How do you pronounce Risotto ai Funghi?: Risotto ai funghi (Italian) is pronounced /riˈzɔtto ai ˈfunɡi/. Select the speaker button next to the dish name to hear it.