Panissa Vercellese con Fagioli di Saluggia e Salame
Vercelli, Piedmont
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Origin
Vercelli, Piedmont
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Description
The signature risotto of Vercelli — the heart of Italian rice country — made with Vialone Nano or Arborio rice grown in the Vercellese paddies, Saluggia beans (a local borlotti variety), Barbera wine, and cubed salame della duja (salame preserved in lard, with a distinctive soft, spreadable texture). Panissa is the opposite of the Milanese saffron risotto: rustic, earthy, bean-and-pork-driven, stained red-brown by the Barbera. It is considered the older, more honest rice tradition of the Po plain.
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The Thread
—Rice with cured pork product and local beans in a Po Valley tradition — the Bolognese parallel to panissa Emilia-Romagna
—Rice cooked with blood sausage and beans in a one-pot tradition — the Iberian equivalent Spanish
—White beans with cured pork and a starchy braising liquid as a unified one-pot dish French
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Flavour Context
Earth-toned, bean-rich risotto stained red by Barbera and punctuated by cubes of soft, lard-preserved salame — the honest, unselfconscious rice cooking of the Po plain
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