Alce Nero, Organic Whole Brown Rice  (EATALY collection)

Alce Nero, Organic Whole Brown Rice  (EATALY collection)

Alce Nero are organic farmers and processors who have been working since 1978 to produce delicious food, the result of farming practices that respect the land and its fertility.
 They bring together more than 1,000 farmers in Italy and over 10,000 small family-run farms in Central and South America.

For more than 40 years Alce Nero  have been choosing organic farming, nurturing the delicate balance between our Planet and its Inhabitants: this is why they have decided to produce foods which are good for both. Products made from ingredients grown without the use of synthetic chemicals, thanks to state-of-the-art agronomic capacities, with utmost respect for the land and the people who cultivate it. Products processed with techniques which protect and exalt the characteristics of our ingredients, also thanks toingredient lists which are always short and simple, free from preservatives and additives.

Alce Nero organic brown rice is ideal for preparing vegetable minestrone and cold salads.

How to wash brown rice?

Take a sieve, put the rice inside in the necessary quantity, immerse everything in a basin and move it with your hands. Run the water over the rice until it becomes clean and clear. Drain and use for cooking.

How to cook Alce Nero brown rice?

It is possible to cook it traditionally (with lightly salted water for 60/65 minutes) or by absorption. Absorption allows you to maintain all the nutritional principles of the rice which would otherwise be lost in the cooking water. To cook by absorption you will need to cook a portion of rice in 3 corresponding portions of water (e.g. 100g of rice in 3 liters of lightly salted water).

How to remove starch from brown rice?

To remove the starch it is necessary to proceed by washing the rice under running water until the water becomes clear and clean.

Why soak rice?

To remove starch and reduce cooking times. This procedure is particularly useful in the case of brown rice and Nerone rice.

What are whole grain rices?

It is rice from which the bran, also called chaff, or the intermediate covering of the grain, has not been removed.