Italian

Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto)

Name: Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups arborio rice; 1/2 tsp saffron threads; 1 onion; 4 tbsp butter; 1/2 cup dry white wine; 5 cups chicken broth; 3/4 cup grated parmesan; 1/2 tsp salt

Giulia @giulia_torino

Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto) is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

35 min Medium Vegetarian Pescatarian Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups arborio rice
1/2 tsp saffron threads
1 onion
4 tbsp butter
1/2 cup dry white wine
5 cups chicken broth
3/4 cup grated parmesan
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Warm the broth in a pot and keep it at a gentle simmer, and steep the saffron in a small ladle of it.
Finely chop the onion and cook it in half the butter in a wide pot until soft, about 5 minutes.
Add the rice and stir 2 minutes until the edges turn translucent.
Pour in the wine and stir until absorbed.
Add the warm broth one ladle at a time, stirring often and waiting for each addition to absorb before adding the next, about 18 minutes total.
Stir in the saffron broth partway through so the color is even.
When the rice is creamy and just tender, remove from the heat and beat in the remaining butter and the parmesan.
Rest 2 minutes, then serve hot.

Watch how to cook Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cicoria Ripassata (Sauteed Bitter Greens)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Cacciatore
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 440 kcal
Protein: 12 g
Carbs: 61 g
Fat: 16 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 900 mg
Saturated fat: 10 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Risotto) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.