Italian Rice Recipes

Italian cooking is built on restraint — a handful of excellent ingredients treated simply, letting each one taste of itself. When Italian cooks work with rice, they reach for olive oil, garlic, basil, oregano, tomatoes, parmesan and a good splash of wine, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are sautéing, simmering, boiling and baking.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with dry white wine, garlic, olive oil, saffron threads, fine sea salt and parmesan. The dishes here span italian classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.