Pasini Arborio Risotto Rice, 11 lb (5 kg)

Large, plump, and unmistakably Italian, Arborio is the rice that built the reputation of the great Northern risotto. Riseria Pasini has been milling rice in the Po Valley near Mantova, one of Italy's most storied rice-growing regions, since 1948, and this superfine Arborio is the grain their family has been perfecting ever since. The large, round grains are naturally high in amylopectin starch, releasing it gradually as the rice cooks, building that slow, creamy, velvety texture that separates a proper risotto from everything else. The firm core holds through the stirring and the simmering, giving you that signature bite that no other grain can replicate. Ready in 16 to 18 minutes, and just as beautiful in arancini, supplì, rice salads, soups, and timbales. From one of Italy's great rice valleys, milled by a family that has been doing this for over 75 years. The rice that makes risotto worth making.

• Ingredients: Ancient, nutty, and deeply satisfying, farro is the grain that fed the Roman legions and has been grown in Italy ever since. VircoNatura brings it from the fields of Emilia-Romagna, certified organic by Bioagricert, using emmer farro, Triticum dicoccum, the species that Italians have always considered the true farro. Pearling removes the outer bran to cut down cooking time while keeping everything that makes farro worth eating: that firm, chewy bite, the warm nutty flavor, and the slightly earthy depth that modern grains simply cannot match. Stir it into soups, cook it like risotto for a farrotto, toss it into grain salads, or serve it alongside braised meats, mushrooms, and legumes. Packed in a protective atmosphere to preserve freshness. A grain with four thousand years of history, grown the way it always should have been. Contains gluten.
• Product Weight: 11 lb (5 kg)
• Product of Italy