Butter
Butter is a dairy ingredient used to finish risotto and dress filled pasta in Italian cooking.
- Family
- Dairy
- Risotto role
- Finishing off the heat
- Pasta reference
- Tortelli d’erbetta
At the table
Ente Nazionale Risi finishes risotto with butter off the heat. Emilia-Romagna Turismo describes tortelli d’erbetta served with melted butter and Parmigiano: butter finishes the rice in its pan or dresses the pasta.
Use salted or unsalted butter as called for in the recipe.
Cook with it
Buccellato: Sicilian Fig Pastry Ring
Cuccidati: Sicilian Fig Cookies
Brodera: pork-rib risotto
Levante-Style Stamped Corzetti with Pine Nut and Marjoram Sauce
Spinach and ricotta gnudi with butter and sage
