# What do we do with Riseccoli?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 29, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847 "2018-12-29T00:06:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/1 "2018-12-29T00:06:38Z")

</div>

My Beloved got a bottle of Mosto Cotto Riseccoli for Christmas-any suggestions?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/2 "2018-12-29T01:18:26Z")

</div>

You can eat it with stanky cheese on crusty bread.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/3 "2018-12-29T13:28:21Z")

</div>

That is all it is good for?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/4 "2018-12-29T16:05:30Z")

</div>

It’s also good with desserts - drizzle over panna cotta, ice cream or roasted figs. Or hell, your breakfast pancakes. There are also some baked goods that use it as a sweetener or a glaze - it’s found[throughout the Med](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_syrup) by various other names.

You can even dilute a spoonful as a cordial.

Although - Riseccoli is the source, not the syrup, so you might be better off asking “what do I do with this mosto cotto” instead.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/5 "2018-12-29T16:10:41Z")

</div>

> [@MrDibble](#):
>
> It’s also good with desserts - drizzle over panna cotta, ice cream or roasted figs. Or hell, your breakfast pancakes. There are also some baked goods that use it as a sweetener or a glaze - it’s found[throughout the Med](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_syrup) by various other names.
> 
> You can even dilute a spoonful as a cordial.
> 
> Although - Riseccoli is the source, not the syrup, so you might be better off asking “what do I do with this mosto cotto” instead.

Thank you.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/6 "2018-12-29T16:21:42Z")

</div>

I should add - I’ve also used grape must syrup (_saba_/_sapa_, the Roman kind, but it’s basically the same stuff) instead of a balsamic reduction or pomegranate molasses in savoury stuff - salad dressings and glazes for roast meat, mostly, although a spoonful sometimes also goes into my lamb _tajine_.

You could always try some of [these](https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/22/dining/the-soul-of-the-grape-drop-by-drop.html)recipes…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-riseccoli/826847/7 "2018-12-29T16:45:58Z")

</div>

And here I thought Riseccoli was going to be a type of pasta, or a really bad intestinal pathogen. :smack: