What’s the best Italian cheese for risotto?

If you want to prepare a creamy risotto you should choose the perfect cheese.

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Risotto is most traditionally made with Parmigiano cheese - not Parmesan! It’s a fake - which is stirred in right at the very end of cooking with the stove turned off.

Add Parmigiano directly into risotto with butter to get a creamy risotto.

Fontina is perfect to prepare a cream cheese.

Dice it into cubes and melt it with some milk or cream. 

Stracchino is a fresh delicate cheese.

Melt it directly in the hot risotto and stir with energy.

 If you prefer a more tasty cheese, use gorgonzola instead of stracchino, one of the most famous soft and aged cheeses in Italy. 

Now your risotto is really creamy, perfectly “mantecato”!