Risotto al Sagrantino di Montefalco

Ah risotto, one of the best known dishes of Italian cuisine! There are many secrets behind the success of an excellent risotto, and everyone has their own technique.

Precisely for this reason, many foreign tourists want to get to know and learn the techniques of Italian cuisine, famous all over the world (and who can blame them?!)

To make our beloved Italian and regional cuisine known here in Italy, the cooking school Mama Isa's Cooking School!

The Mama Isa's Cooking School in Veneto holds cooking courses entirely in English open to everyone, but above all to tourists and foreign visitors who want to get to know typical Italian cuisine in depth.

And what better recipe to prepare than risotto with Sagrantino di Montefalco? In fact, this dish combines the tradition of good Italian rice with one of the native wines of Umbria. Enclosing two excellences of Italian cuisine in a single dish is truly something magical in the kitchen!

So here's the Montefalco Sagrantino rice recipe made by the friends of Mama Isa's Cooking School!

The recipe for risotto with Sagrantino di Montefalco

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 320 g of Carnaroli rice

• 60 g of Parmigiano Reggiano aged 36 months (finely grated)

• 60 g finely chopped shallots

• 40 g of butter

• 50 g of Montioni Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• 1 liter of meat broth

• salt
  
  
•  250 ml of Montefalco Sagrantino Montioni

Procedure for risotto with Sagrantino

1) Brown the shallot in a saucepan with half the butter and the oil.

2) When it has taken on a nice golden colour, add the rice and toast it over medium heat for a few minutes, continuing to stir vigorously. Salt lightly. Slowly add the wine.

3) Finish cooking over medium heat, adding the hot broth a little at a time as it is consumed and continue stirring with a wooden risotto spoon. Season with salt.

4) Cooking depends on taste, but the grain should maintain a certain consistency. Turn off the heat and mix vigorously and add the remaining butter and grated Parmesan.

The wisdom of Mama Isa's cooking school

Many could cry their hearts in using the precious Montefalco Sagrantino as a wine for risotto, but at the first taste, however, you will understand that it was worth it!

Thanks to Mama Isa's Cooking School for using Montioni products for her precious recipe and for making Italian food excellence known all over the world through its cooking classes!

Are you passionate about cooking and would you like to take part in a Mama Isa's Cooking School course to perfect your technique or to learn how to make some new dishes?

Visit their website: https://isacookinpadua.altervista.org/

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