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 Extra Brut R.D. 2008 Bollinger

Champagne AOC Extra Brut R.D. 2008 Bollinger

0,75 ℓ, Wooden box

375 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 500 €/ℓ

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Champagne Brut AOC Rare Millésime 2013 Piper-Heidsieck

Champagne Brut AOC Rare Millésime 2013 Piper-Heidsieck

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

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199 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 265.33 €/ℓ

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Champagne Brut Nature AOC Billecart-Salmon

Champagne Brut Nature AOC Billecart-Salmon

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62 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 82.67 €/ℓ

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Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru AOC Coste Beert Pierre Legras

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru AOC Coste Beert Pierre Legras

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47.30 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 63.07 €/ℓ

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Champagne AOC Autentique Blanc de Blancs Brut Gervais Gobillard

Champagne AOC Autentique Blanc de Blancs Brut Gervais Gobillard

France, Champagne

Discount 17%

30.70 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 40.93 €/ℓ

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Champagne AOC Brut Nature Vranken

France, Champagne

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31.90 €

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Champagne Brut Rosé AOC Billecart-Salmon

Champagne Brut Rosé AOC Billecart-Salmon

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

92 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 122.67 €/ℓ

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Champagne Brut AOC Cuvée Louise 2006 Pommery

Champagne Brut AOC Cuvée Louise 2006 Pommery

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

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169 €

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Champagne Brut AOC La Grande Dame x Paola Paronetto 2015 Veuve Clicquot

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0,75 ℓ, High-quality cardboard box

205 €

per piece (0,75 ℓ) 273.33 €/ℓ

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Champagne AOC Brut L'Inattendue Lagille

Champagne AOC Brut L'Inattendue Lagille

France, Champagne

Discount 10%

46.60 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 62.13 €/ℓ

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Was: 52 €

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Champagne Brut AOC Réserve Exclusive Nicolas Feuillatte

Champagne Brut AOC Réserve Exclusive Nicolas Feuillatte

Magnum 1,5 ℓ, Wooden box

Discount 7%

83.90 €

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Champagne AOC Brut P2 Plénitude Deuxième 2006 Dom Pérignon

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0,75 ℓ, Gift box

502 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 669.33 €/ℓ

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Champagne Brut AOC Apanage Pommery

Champagne Brut AOC Apanage Pommery

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France, Champagne

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64.90 €

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Champagne Blanc de Blancs AOC 2015 Pol Roger

Champagne Blanc de Blancs AOC 2015 Pol Roger

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

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97.90 €

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Champagne AOC Brut Grand Siècle 26ème Itération Laurent-Perrier

Champagne AOC Brut Grand Siècle 26ème Itération Laurent-Perrier

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

234 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 312 €/ℓ

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Champagne AOC Rosé Brut Nature Zero Tarlant

Champagne AOC Rosé Brut Nature Zero Tarlant

France, Champagne

Discount 17%

64 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 85.33 €/ℓ

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Was: 78 €

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Champagne AOC Brut Cuvée Saint-Pétersbourg Veuve Clicquot

Champagne AOC Brut Cuvée Saint-Pétersbourg Veuve Clicquot

France, Champagne

Discount 7%

129 €

per bottle (1,5 ℓ) 86 €/ℓ

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Was: 139 €

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