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[–] godot@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Knowing the Western bias against short-grain rice, I made an interesting experiment once. I had invited the chef from Harry’s Bar in Venice to Japan, and I asked him to make a risotto. I told him we had many varieties and grades of short-grain rice in Japan and asked him to select the one best for his recipe from a large variety of samples from all over Japan. I had simply numbered each one, so he had no idea of how they were rated here. He boiled the different kinds and sampled each one, and finally said, without any hesitation at all, “This is it!” It was sasa-nishiki, the rice we rate the very highest quality of all! We may not be far wrong in considering Japan a rice paradise.

I vividly remember reading this part of Shizuo Tsuji’s Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art (10/10 cookbook) and being enamored with the idea of risotto from rice grown outside Italy. High end Japanese rice works wonderfully, as does Carolina Gold.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Now this dish is ready for our Japanese viewers :>

[–] parson0@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago

Looks delicious

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

I love mushrooms. They look cooked to perfection! Yum!

[–] InternationalHermit@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Italian rice, i.e Arborio, is a type of Japanese rice. I cooked some the other day and in my opinion, the difference between Arborio and sushi rice is negligible.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Interesting, I didn't know it was a cultivar of Oryza sativa subsp. japonica. This is "basic" Japanese rice, which is less expensive than sushi rice. My feeling compared to Italian risotto rice was that I couldn't make it as transparent from sauteing with butter at the beginning and that it needed to absorb more broth to be cooked. I will try with sushi rice next time.

[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Would you share which mushrooms these are?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 5 days ago

From big to small:

  • eringi
  • maitake
  • shimeji
[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago