The orzotto is like a risotto prepared with barley instead of rice. Let's find out the best recipes and combinations to bring it to the table
Have you ever tried to cook a barley? It is a dish made from barley in which this cereal is cooked as if it were a risotto. Just like rice, the orzotto should be prepared by browning the onion in a pot with the butter (or oil), toasting the barley for a few minutes, then blending with the wine and continuing to cook with del broth hot or boiling water.
THE cooking times they depend on barley. At the end of cooking the barley risotto can be creamed with both butter and parmesan.
If you want to shorten the preparation time of the orzotto, choose thePearl barley which does not need to be soaked before cooking.
How to prepare the orchard: a few ideas
What can the orzotto be seasoned with?
From the classic ragù and mushrooms to a dessert sausage is peas, perhaps whipping everything with smoked provola. Another of the great classics is the combination with pumpkin, preferably embellishing the dish with crunchy onion and a strong-flavored cheese such as Taleggio cheese or combining pumpkin with chopped almonds and rosemary.
Very special ideas are the preparation of orzotto with a hazelnut pesto is bacon, with apples and mushrooms, a barley al orange flavor or with turmeric, squacquerone and bacon.
Anyone who loves vegetables can try a recipe with several vegetables or with the radicchio, with tomato and burrata, with leeks and potatoes and a sprinkling of saffron, for a dish with a typically autumn flavor.
For those who love fish, orzotto is also perfect with shrimps and zucchini or with seafood or with squid and speck.
Who wants to enjoy it with i legumesfinally, he can prepare a barley with lentils, a perfect match to fill up on mineral salts, iron and vitamins.
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