Creamy Risotto with Roasted Garlic and Spinach
Creamy Risotto with Roasted Garlic and Spinach takes Italian risotto to the next level with the added flavors of roasted garlic and spinach, providing a savory yet healthy twist to this classic dish.
What is Creamy Risotto with Roasted Garlic and Spinach? This dish is made with creamy Arborio rice, roasted garlic, and fresh spinach for a unique and flavorful experience that’s easy to prepare.
Key Features:
- Rich and Creamy: The Arborio rice ensures a velvety, smooth texture, while the roasted garlic provides a deep flavor
- Healthy Twist: Spinach adds a nutritious element to this indulgent meal.
- Convenience: Perfect for a quick and delicious dinner.
Ingredients
Parboiled rice 75%, processed cheese powder (cheese blend [milk, cheese cultures, enzymes], whey powder, salt, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate), rice flour, rice starch, salt, garlic powder 1,5%, dehydrated onion sunflower oil preparation (sunflower oil, glucose sypup, corn starch), flavor, dehydrated spinach 0,9% yeast extract.
Preparation
How to Prepare:
Stove Top Cooking Instructions:
1. Empty pouch contents into a non-stick saucepan.
2. Add 4 ½ cups of cold water to the pan.
3. Uncovered, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally.
4. Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer, continuing to stir occasionally.
5. For an al dente texture, cook uncovered for 30-32 minutes, until water has completely evaporated. For a softer texture, cook uncovered for an additional 5 minutes.
6. Remove the pan from heat and add a tablespoon of butter.
7. If desired, top with grated Parmesan cheese and stir until creamy.
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*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot.
Milan and the birth of risotto
Rice reached Europe just over 500 years ago, making it the last Old-World continent to benefit from this grain. Risotto as we know it originated in Milan in the 1900s. It can therefore be said that, compared to Italy's centuries-old culinary tradition, risotto is relatively recent.
Cultivated in Mesopotamia for thousands of years, rice came to Europe through exchanges that the Greeks and Romans had with Egypt. What's peculiar is that it wasn't used as food, but as medicine infused into broth. That was the case until the year 1400.
It was only when the Spanish rulers arrived in the port of Naples that rice became food. In fact, the Neapolitans adopted an ancient Catalan recipe and called it "il bianco mangiare” (white food): a savoury pudding with chicken and rice flour. Rice went on to spread across Italy, and in Milan it was called “riso di Spagna" (rice from Spain).
In the early 1500s it was decided that Italy would cultivate rice as well, and in just over 20 years the entire north of the peninsula was scattered with rice fields, particularly the Milan area. Bread was made with rice flour and boiled in water or broth like a soup. In the Mantua area, a similar recipe still exists called "riso alla pilota” (pilot's rice). And so for centuries, there was not a trace of risotto. By the mid-1800s, rice had become a staple food in northern Italy, adopted throughout the country via Milan and Lombardy in general.
That's when the first risotto recipe came about. Let's go back in time to 1853 Milan. In the book "Nuovo cuoco milanese economico”, Giovanni Felice Luraschi wrote the first recipe for risotto alla milanese, which has remained unchanged to this day. Thanks to Milan's risotto alla milanese dish, rice went from peasant food for using up leftovers, to being valued and in demand.
In the early 20th century, the cultivation of Italian rice became more widespread and special varieties were created, including vialone, carnaroli, arborio, Roma, and baldo. From Milan, risotto conquered the rest of Italy. Since then, special risottos have emerged in every region, offering plenty of options for all tastes.
Milan, Lombardy.
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