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Mantecatura

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

4 recipes
Asparagus Risotto
northern italy standard
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...

45 min · 12 ingredients · 107 sources
Pumpkin Risotto
lombardy and po valley beginner
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 ...

50 min · 13 ingredients · 106 sources
Risotto Nero Seppia
veneto chef
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...

75 min · 13 ingredients · 103 sources
Risotto Milanese
lombardy standard
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...

40 min · 11 ingredients · 124 sources