And the winner is...

Risotto giallo is the quintessential dish of Milanese cuisine. It is a creamy, golden yellow risotto enriched with parmesan cheese and perfumed with saffron.
It is best enjoyed with ossobuco and gremolata, a meaty stew lightened with lemon zest and parsley, and should be matched with a nice glass of wine, possibily red.
It is the perfect meal for these cold, damp, foggy January evenings.

 

If you want to taste it at its best, you can choose between the three winners of the fifth edition of the Giallo Milano competition, which was held last December.
The champions of risotto giallo are: Il Vico della Torretta, Antica Osteria Magenes and Ristorante Ambrosiano. Only the last one is in Milano, close to piazza del Duomo, while the first and second recipients for this award are in Sesto San Giovanni and in Gaggiano, respectively: they are just a few kilometers from the centre of the city, but definitely worth the journey.
A special mention was given to the "Risotto da passeggio" ("risotto to-go") invented by Claudio Sadler in his Chic'n Quick Trattoria, on the Navigli canal.