Ferron - Risotto Felice Vegetable 170g
**BEST BEFORE 12/2023**
Ferron's Risotto Felice is Vialone Nano IGP rice combined with select vegetables which have been slowly dehydrated at low temperature. This careful process ensures that the vegetables retain their aroma, flavour, and nutritional properties. Each bag of Risotto Felice is filled at the top with beautiful, aromatic vegetables ("Vegetable Risotto" contains: onion, tomato, capsicum, zucchini, carrot, eggplant) which impart fantastic flavour to your risotto. All it takes is 500ml hot broth, 15 minutes, and a little butter to create an exquisitely creamy and flavourful risotto. Truly the happiest risotto!
Description
Ferron Vialone Nano semi-fino rice is a thick, short oval-shaped grain which is unpolished. It is also known as Dwarf Vialone, as the word “nano” translates to dwarf and refers to the size of the grain.
Vialone Nano is typically produced in Isola della Scala in the Veneto region of Italy. The cultivation of this species is a masterpiece of Italian rice-growing that takes advantage of the pure spring waters which flow in the canals that stretch across the fertile land of the Veronese valley. The canals are also home to live carp that provide natural pest control eliminating the need for pesticides.
The core starches of the grain can absorb up to twice its own weight while the starches on the exterior create a creamy texture. It has only slightly less amylose than Carnaroli (23.9% for Vialone and 24.1% for Carnaroli). Amylose is the starch which gives rice better structure while cooking. This has made it the preferred rice for risotto by chefs in the Veneto because it will produce the ‘all'onda’ (wavy) texture. Cooking time is normally 14 to 15 minutes for ‘al dente’.
Ferron rice is organic and there is no use of pesticides or herbicides. In accordance with traditional farming practices, fields are routinely left fallow. In non-planting years, corn and medicinal herbs are cultivated to replenish the soil with nutrients.
In 2006, the Vialone Nano rice was designated an IGP (Indicazione Geografica Protetta) certification by the European Government to ensure that only products genuinely originating in this region are allowed to be identified as such in commerce.
Features
- Superior texture and flavour
- Low % of broken grains
- Pesticide free cultivation
- Clean herbaceous flavour
