[Sca-cooks] Risi e bisi
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Mon Oct 18 11:15:18 PDT 2010
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
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