Champagne rice - the French allure on the plate

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Champagne risotto is a great classic of international cuisine. It is a simple dish to prepare, but which retains the glamor allure of the most famous wine in the world. Let's first take a look at the ingredients:
Carnaroli rice
1 glass of Champagne
hot vegetable broth
a knob of butter
grated Parmesan cheese
black pepper

It is a first course with a very delicate flavor, light and easy to prepare. Like all simple dishes with few ingredients, it owes its perfect success to uncompromising quality choices. First of all the rice must be of the Carnaroli variety. A long-grain rice, which keeps cooking very well and releases a good amount of starch, essential for making the risotto soft and creamy. First of all, it is essential to toast the rice, so that it retains the right crispness even when cooked. Take a saucepan and without adding any seasoning, toast the rice for a couple of minutes. It is not necessary to make a sauce, on the contrary the taste of the onion, in this case it would be too intrusive compared to the taste of Champagne. It is a risotto with Champagne and that is the taste you will have to feel at the end of cooking, not that of the onion. After toasting the rice, blend with the Champagne and mix. The alcoholic part of the wine will evaporate without a trace, while the acid part and the classic aromas of Champagne will remain to connote the rice. Continue cooking by lengthening the risotto with a mixture of broth at a time, so that it slowly absorbs the liquids, being careful to slowly pour it into the pot, so that the contact with the rice is as sweet as possible. When the rice is almost cooked, remove the pan from the heat and stir in a knob of butter and grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Leave to rest for a minute, then serve with a light sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper. The pairing? Obviously with a good bottle of Champagne !

Champagne AOC Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Laurent-Perrier

Champagne AOC Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Laurent-Perrier

90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 120 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Champagne AOC Brut Belle Epoque 2015 Perrier Jouët

Champagne AOC Brut Belle Epoque 2015 Perrier Jouët

189.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 253.20 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Champagne Brut AOC La Cuvée Laurent-Perrier

Champagne Brut AOC La Cuvée Laurent-Perrier

Magnum 1,5 ℓ, Wooden box

Discount 6%

104 €

per bottle (1,5 ℓ) 69.33 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 122 €

Lowest price: 111 €

Champagne AOC Blanc de Noirs Léonce d'Albe

Champagne AOC Blanc de Noirs Léonce d'Albe

Discount 30%

25.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 34.53 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 37.50 €

Lowest price: 37.50 €

Champagne AOC Rosé Brut Collection Classique Sophie Bouchet

Champagne AOC Rosé Brut Collection Classique Sophie Bouchet

France, Champagne

Discount 25%

24.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 33.20 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 33.40 €

Lowest price: 33.40 €

Champagne AOC Brut de Brut Collection Classique Sophie Bouchet

Champagne AOC Brut de Brut Collection Classique Sophie Bouchet

France, Champagne

Discount 22%

25.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 34.53 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 33.40 €

Lowest price: 33.40 €

Champagne AOC Brut Rosé Premier Cru Eugène Quinet

Champagne AOC Brut Rosé Premier Cru Eugène Quinet

France, Champagne

Discount 34%

26.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 35.87 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 40.80 €

Lowest price: 40.80 €

Champagne Brut AOC Yellow Label Veuve Clicquot

Champagne Brut AOC Yellow Label Veuve Clicquot

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

Discount 8%

41.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 55.87 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 45.90 €

Lowest price: 45.90 €

Champagne AOC PN VZ 19 Bollinger

Champagne AOC PN VZ 19 Bollinger

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

Sale

124 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 165.33 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 144 €

Lowest price: 124 €

Champagne AOC Cuvée Brut Piper-Heidsieck

Champagne AOC Cuvée Brut Piper-Heidsieck

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

Sale

31.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 42.53 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 35.90 €

Lowest price: 29.90 €

Champagne Brut AOC Réserve Billecart-Salmon

Champagne Brut AOC Réserve Billecart-Salmon

Sale

51.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 69.20 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 55 €

Lowest price: 51.90 €

Champagne AOC Brut Le Black Création 257 Lanson

Champagne AOC Brut Le Black Création 257 Lanson

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

46.50 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 62 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Champagne AOC Brut Louis Bouvier

Champagne AOC Brut Louis Bouvier

France, Champagne

Discount 30%

24.80 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 33.07 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 35.50 €

Lowest price: 35.50 €

Champagne Brut AOC Vintage 2015 Dom Pérignon

Champagne Brut AOC Vintage 2015 Dom Pérignon

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

260 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 346.67 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Champagne Brut AOC Selection Pannier

Champagne Brut AOC Selection Pannier

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

Sale

36.10 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 48.13 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 39.90 €

Lowest price: 34.50 €

Champagne Doux Rosé AOC RICH on Ice Veuve Clicquot

Champagne Doux Rosé AOC RICH on Ice Veuve Clicquot

France, Champagne

59 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 78.67 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Champagne AOC Brut Grand Cru Georges Vesselle

Champagne AOC Brut Grand Cru Georges Vesselle

France, Champagne

Sale

40.80 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 54.40 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 45 €

Lowest price: 39.90 €

Champagne Brut AOC Collection 245 Louis Roederer

Champagne Brut AOC Collection 245 Louis Roederer

France, Champagne

Quantity discount 5%

56.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 75.87 €/ℓ

for at least 6 bottles

incl. VAT and taxes

Regular price: 59.90 €

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