[Sca-cooks] Risi e bisi

[Terry Decker]

The dish shows up as Risotto Coi Piselli in Pelligrino Artusi's The Art of 
Eating Well (1891).  Risi e bisi appears to be the Venetian name and it is 
supposedly a Renaissance festival dish.  Lacking contemporary recipes, I 
doubt the stated age of the dish.  I think it is more likely to have 
appeared with the new pea varietals in the 17th Century.

Bear

> On a recent outing, I made risi e bisi, which I was informed was a
> traditional Italian dish.  But I have no idea how far back it dates.
>
> Also, there were several recipes for it, with wildly disparate 
> formulations.
>
> Can anyone place this in medievality?
>
> -- 
> Ian of Oertha