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MINESTRA RICE AND MILK
Ingredients: milk, rice, nutmeg, butter, Grana Padano cheese, salt.
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Boil milk. Add rice and salt and cook for 30-40 minutes until the rice is soft and minestra is creamy. At the end grate some nutmeg and Grana Padano.
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Have you ever tried this minestra? I have been eating it since I was little, in my family it is a very common winter dish… but some of my friends find it strange and others do not even know it.
Today it was the perfect day for this… rainy and COLD! Here in Sweden changes happen really fast and drastically so if one day it is summer the day after you can find yourself in real winter…
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Today it was the perfect day for this… rainy and COLD! Here in Sweden changes happen really fast and drastically so if one day it is summer the day after you can find yourself in real winter…
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Info&Research: NUTMEG.
The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. They are important for two spices derived from the fruit, nutmeg and mace.
Nutmeg is the actual seed of the tree, roughly egg-shaped and about 20-30 mm long and 15-18 mm wide, while mace is the dried "lacy" reddish covering or arillus of the seed.Several other commercial products are also produced from the trees, including essential oils, extracted oleoresins, and nutmeg butter.
Nutmeg and mace have similar taste qualities, nutmeg having a slightly sweeter and mace a more delicate flavor.
Nutmeg is the actual seed of the tree, roughly egg-shaped and about 20-30 mm long and 15-18 mm wide, while mace is the dried "lacy" reddish covering or arillus of the seed.Several other commercial products are also produced from the trees, including essential oils, extracted oleoresins, and nutmeg butter.
Nutmeg and mace have similar taste qualities, nutmeg having a slightly sweeter and mace a more delicate flavor.
13 comments:
The store here sells a type much is thicker (because more rice), sometimes with raisins, but we call it rice pudding. The ingredients look similar, I like it very much, but not sure if the same as your minestra.
Incredibile, Orchidea!
Da bambina mia nonna faceva questa minestra per noi bambini spesso.
Che bel ricordo!
orchidea,
mi piace proprio tanto sai?
ha l'aria dolcissima pur senza essere dolce…
e poi la foto trasmette il tepore che dalla tazza calda arriva alle mani fredde.
Lo devo provare, grazie per l'idea.
Ciao e buona giornata. Morgan
OHH, I have tasted the sweet version as dessert (with cinnamon and lemon zest), but the savoury version looks so promising too!!
I'll do it this week!! it includes some of my favourite flavours...rice, milk, nutmeg, grana.... :)
Thanks for the recipe
Non l'avevo mai sentita!Mi vien davvero voglia di provarla!
I've never heard of this before, but it sounds delicious. I have had something similar though, with polenta instead of rice. Nutmeg is the key, it adds a wonderful flavor.
non mi ricordo chi mi disse che epr tutta la sua vita la sua cena era consistita in questo piatto...
Che meraviglia, Orchidea... :-)
Il profumo arriva fino a qui..
BRAVA! E mi piace molto la foto con le noci, bellissimi colori.
Gattina, this is not a dessert though... it is a first dish.
Ivonne, ma davvero? Anch'io ne ho mangiate di mistre con riso e latte da bambina... era un po' che non la facevo. È molto buona e a me piace tantissimo.
Daniela, grazie. È bellissimo sapere di trasmettere questa sensazione...
Morgan, grazie. Prova e poi fammi sapere.
Iban, thanks a lot. Did you try it? So... did you like it?
Cannella, grazie. È un piatto molto particolare che non tutti conoscono e a me piace molto.
Natalia, thanks. In my family we eat polenta with milk and I love it but I know that it is another strange dish and not everybody likes it.
Lacuocarossa, a me piace molto questa minestra... però mangiarla tutti i giorni... cavolo.
Gourmet, grazie mille.
Ciao.
mmmh! I'm gonna try it (I live in Costa Rica but a rainy day it will be enough for a good rice soup!!
I hate rice,but my wife cooks these and it's the only thing I absolutely love.
Mia mamma ci mette anche dei pezzetti di patata. A mia figlia piace, mio marito (spagnolo) no, è abituato alla versione dolce.
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