Techniques
Mantecatura
Mantecatura — used in 4 ChefEdit recipes across the library. Each recipe explains how to source, substitute, and use it.
4 recipes

Risotto agli Asparagi
Asparagus Risotto
Asparagus risotto lives or dies on texture: the rice must ripple all'onda, with asparagus that still reads green and fresh. The stock car...

Risotto alla Zucca
Pumpkin Risotto
Risotto alla zucca is not rice with pumpkin stirred in at the end. The squash has to dissolve partly into the broth so the rice takes on ...

Risotto al Nero di Seppia
Risotto Nero Seppia
This dish lives or dies on the ink. The goal is not gray rice with seafood scattered through it, but a black, glossy risotto where cuttle...

Risotto alla Milanese
Risotto Milanese
Risotto Milanese lives or dies on two things: real saffron and the final mantecatura. The rice should be creamy without cream, yellow wit...