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Rice Recipes

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Rice with Peas and Artichokes

This dish is not a sophisticated risotto, it is rice cooked with peas and artichokes prepared as was in the old days before cream, and butter or other refined ingredients became required components in today’s cooking. It takes about 10 minutes to prep, ..

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Rice and Tomato Soup

I do not know if my mother knew how to make a soup, consommé or a broth, for sure I cannot remember my mother eating a soup except for the soup made with rice, beans and cruzziteddi, dry chestnuts, and the tomato rice soup.

Rice-Vegetables

Rice with Beans and Dry Chestnuts

Saint Lucy is the patron saint of the city of Syracuse and honored as the guardian of blind people. Santa Lucia is also the protector of the eyes, a reason why this Saint is honored in every town in Sicily. On December 13, ..

Rice-and-Tomato-Soup

Rice with Assorted Vegetables

One of my aunt used to make The risu ca’ verdure a tuttu rintra, which means everything inside the pot at one time- except the cheese-and she would bring to a boil, cook for 40 minutes covered; ..

Rice with Cucuzza, Meat and Tomato

Rice with Cucuzza, Meat and Tomato

There are summer and winter squash. The tender summer squash usually grows to less than a foot and come in many colors from a pale green to a light yellow-orange. Homegrown squash can reach a length of 4 feet and in Sicilian they are called cucuzze.