^{Risotto Rice Italy produces more rice and a greater variety of rice than anywhere else in Europe. Rice is often used in Italian soups and the most famous of all Italian rice dishes is RISOTTO. All risotti dishes are basically prepared in the same way although they can be flavoured with an endless variety of ingredients, but can only be made with a rice suitable for this dish – a superfine rice such as ARBORIO rice. Risotto can be prepared with one or more ingredients. Recommended vegetables are asparagus tips, green peas, beans, radicchio leaves, artichoke hearts, leeks, zucchini, mushrooms. Recommended meat includes chicken and seafood partners are mussels, pipis, prawns and crayfish.}