Rice a l'Italienne

Ingredients

• four ounces of rice
• one ounce of butter
• dust with salt
• and pepper
• two ounces of finely-grated cheese

Method

1. 1

   Boil the rice as usual, and to four ounces, when cooked and drained, stir in butter, dust with salt and pepper, and stir well, mixing thoroughly; add sufficient tomato sauce to moisten the whole, and add cheese.

2. 2

   Mix well, and serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soyer's standard cookery (1912) by Nicolas Soyer, page 257. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rice a 1'Italienne. Boil the rice as usual, and to four ounces, when cooked and drained, stir one ounce of butter, dust with salt and pepper, and stir well, mixing thoroughly; add sufficient tomato sauce to moisten the whole, and add two ounces of finely-grated cheese. Mix well, and serve very hot. Rice Fritters. Take some rice & 1'Italienne when cold. Form into balls, dip into batter, and fry. Risotto a la Milanaise. Fry three ounces of chopped onion in two ounces of butter or clarified dripping, until of a golden brown color, then add six ounces of rice, stir without stopping for two or three min- utes, add by degrees one pint of stock, stir occasionally, and simmer gently until the rice is just soft, add a very small amount of grated nutmeg and one and a half ounces of grated cheese before the rice is cooked; after this, stir and cook for three or four minutes until the rice is quite soft. Take off the pan, add a small pat of butter, stir well, and serve very hot. Another Risotto. Place in a saucepan half a pint of milk, a small teacupful STANDARD COOKERY. 379 of raw rice, four small Portugal onions, six good-sized to- matoes, both finely chopped, pepper and salt to taste. Boil all together until soft, stirring occasionally, adding more milk if necessary, and just before serving stir in one ounce of finely- grated cheese. Risotto made with Stock. Chop half an onion very finely, and fry it in half an ounce of butter. Place four ounces of rice

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