arborio

American

[ahr-bawr-ee-oh, ‑-bohr‑] / ɑrˈbɔr iˌoʊ, ‑ˈboʊr‑ /

noun

a variety of cultivated short-grain rice with a high starch content: used especially for risotto.

Example Sentences

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An easy risotto-style dish that uses cheaper long grain rice instead of short grain arborio rice.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2022

Ahn combines arborio rice and pecorino cheese as deftly as any Italian chef, but makes his risotto singular with the help of dashi instead of chicken stock and diced boiled abalone as the featured attraction.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

He uses arborio rice instead of the usual basmati because he likes the slight chew.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2021

Instead of long-grain rice I use arborio, which I think makes more sense, being closer to the Mediterranean.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2019

“We can’t get any arborio rice out here. It’s white rice only, and it just turns to mush.”

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2017

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