Italian Arborio White Rice
Arborio rice is renowned for its firm and creamy cooked texture, perfect for combining with flavors in risotto. We source excellent high-starch, pearly white short grains of rice grown for us in Northern Italy for our Italian Arborio Rice.
Translucent, pearly white grains
Approximately 1/4 inch long
Short, fat and slightly oval shaped
Kosher Certified 
 
Basic Prep
Simmer 4 cups stock. Sauté 1/2 cup onion and 1 tsp garlic in 1 Tbsp oil in a quart skillet on medium heat for 1 minute. Add 1 cup Italian Arborio rice, stir for 2 minutes to toast, sprinkle in 1 tsp salt. Stir in 1/2 cup white wine. Add half a cup of stock at a time until absorbed, stirring continuously for 20 to 25 minutes until creamy. Stir in 2 Tbsp butter and Parmesan to taste.
 
Suggested Uses
Primarily used in risotto and other Italian rice dishes
Use in rice-based desserts such as rice pudding
Match with artichokes, asparagus, beets, crab, Parmesan cheese, peas, saffron, shallots, shellfish, truffles, veal and wine
Use to create seasonally inspired risottos
 
Description
Arborio is a Japonica cultivar of the rice variety Oryza sativa. Named for a town in its historical growing region of Northern Italy, Arborio is a plump, oval-shaped, short-grain variety of rice. Prized for its high starch content and ability to absorb the flavors it is paired with, Arborio is primarily used in the Italian dish risotto.
 
Storage & handling
Store in cool, dry place.
 
Ingredients
White Rice.