Monza-style risotto with sausage and red wine

Monza-style risotto with sausage and red wine

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A generous Lombard-style risotto with crumbled luganega sausage, onion, and red wine, cooked in meat broth until the rice is perfectly creamy.

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Risotto alla Milanese is a Lombard specialty. The soft, crumbled sausage and the red wine give it a round and comforting flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbled
  • Estimated cost$7.59 $1.90 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.05
  • $0.03
  • $0.18
  • $0.44
  • $4.53
  • $1.36

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Chop the onion and sauté it in a pan with the butter. ≈ 8 min
  2. When it’s golden brown, add the sausage and use a fork to break it up. ≈ 4 min
  3. Once the sausage is browned, add the rice and let it toast for a few minutes. ≈ 3 min
  4. Pour the wine and let it evaporate. ≈ 3 min
  5. Add just enough broth to cover the rice, then replenish it as it evaporates, until the end of the cooking time.

The bill

Monza-style risotto with sausage and red wine

  • 360 g of rice (Baldo, Carnaroli, or Rosa Marchetti)$1.05
  • A quarter of a white onion$0.03
  • 20 grams of butter$0.18
  • 10 cl of dry red wine$0.44
  • 300 g of luganega or another type of mild sausage$4.53
  • Hot meat broth$1.36

Total$7.59

that's $1.90 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 360 g of rice (Baldo, Carnaroli, or Rosa Marchetti)
  • A quarter of a white onion
  • 20 grams of butter
  • 10 cl of dry red wine
  • 300 g of luganega or another type of mild sausage
  • Hot meat broth

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