BOILED FOWL WITH RICE (Lesso di Pollo col Riso)
A classic Italian dish featuring boiled fowl and rice, seasoned with cheese, butter, and egg yolk.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Rice
- 1 Egg
- 1 fowl Fowl (Suitable for boiling)
- 2 tablespoons Butter (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1 teaspoon Salt (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1/2 teaspoon Pepper (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 2 tablespoons Grated cheese (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
Instructions
- 1Cut up the fowl and boil until tender. This will take approximately 30 minutes.
- 2Wash the rice and blanch it by letting it come to a boil and cook for a few minutes in salted water.
- 3Finish cooking the rice in the broth from the boiled fowl. Add the broth a little at a time to ensure the rice doesn't become too wet. Cook until the rice is tender, about 10 minutes.
- 4Season with cheese and butter. Add the egg yolk to bind the rice just as it is taken from the fire. Serve as a border around the fowl.