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Rice with Saffron

A historical recipe from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919).

A historical recipe

The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups, by Maria Gentile (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #24407.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24407 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24407). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. (Riso alla Milanese con Zafferano) Wash and dry the rice and put it in boiling broth (beef or chicken broth).
  2. When the rice is half cooked add half its weight of marrow of beef bone, cut into small pieces.
  3. A few minutes are sufficient for the cooking of the marrow.
  4. Add grated cheese and remove the kettle from the fire.
  5. Dissolve some saffron in one or two tablespoonfuls of broth;
  6. sift it through a sieve and mix with rice, which is to be served very hot, and makes an excellent soup.