"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:04:28 GMT, "Vilco" > wrote:
>
>>Christine Dabney wrote:
>>
>>> Try it sometime..with Arborio, or Carnoli rice.
>>
>>I second that.
>>
>>BTW - it's Carnaroli, not Carnoli.
>
> Thanks. I knew it was along those lines. I am in the midst of
> traveling, so was going by memory.
>
> I think all the other suggestions are great too. It really takes
> patience though...and the result is far different than ordinary
> rice....
>
> I since taught myself from reading other Italian cooks, like Marcella
> Hazan, and Lidia Bastianich.

Do you heat the broth, Christine? That's how I was taught, and what I do,
but I've heard others don't do it. That may also be the problem that turned
Jill's risotto experience awry - wrong rice and cold broth.

Then again, maybe she just doesn't like risotto.

TammyM