Glossary R
Deutsch: Risotto / Español: Risotto / Português: Risoto / Français: Risotto / Italiano: Risotto
Risotto is a creamy Italian rice dish made by cooking starchy, short-grain rice in broth until it achieves a rich, velvety texture. Often enhanced with ingredients like cheese, butter, vegetables, seafood, or meats, risotto is a cornerstone of Northern Italian cuisine and celebrated for its versatility and depth of flavour.
Rissole is a cooking term which means browned.
Riz des Iles which is translated as "Rice of the Island" or "Island Rice" is one of the traditional food from Comoros, a classic stew made of fried fish, cooked rice and sweetcorn in a sauce thickened with mashed potatoes.
The various ingredients used to make this dish are: paprika, mashed potatoes, coriander, corn kernels, fresh fish and a bit of coffee powder.
Comoros is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel between northern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique. Comorian is a Bantu language that looks like, but is not related to, Swahili; each island has its own way of speaking it. The language contains many words of Arabic and French origin. All Comorians receive a Koranic education and learn to write their language in Arabic characters. Formal education is given in French, hence many of its traditional food has a French name.
Riz Djon Djon refers to food from Haiti which is generally served with roasted chicken or pork.
Riz Djon Djon is made by cooking rice in the left over liquid after cooking the stems of Djon Djon which is a variety of small black mushroom indigenous to Northern Haiti.
The mushroom (Djon Djon) are inedible and only the left over liquid after boiling their stems are used in cooking Riz Djon Djon.
English: Ptarmigan / Deutsch: Alpenschneehuhn / Español: Lagópodo alpino / Português: Lagópode alpino / Français: Lagopède alpin / Italiano: Pernice bianca /
Rjúpa / Rjupa refers to a popular dish during Christmas time in Iceland which is made from Ptarmigan (Rjúpa), which is an exquisite wildfowl that feeds on ling, berries and herbs Rjúpa is mature Ptarmigan cooked in milk gravy.