Saizeriya Milano Doria (Rice Casserole)

Milano-style Doria (Rice casserole)　ミラノ風ドリア

What kind of dish is Milano-style Doria (Rice casserole)??

Milano Doria is made with turmeric rice, meat sauce, white sauce, and cheese. It is a very popular menu item at the Japanese family restaurant Saizeriya.

The dish is named after the Italian dish “Milanese” (Milanese style), so it is a dish unique to Saizeriya that cannot be found in Milan or anywhere else in the world.

Saizeriya is a Japanese family restaurant that aims to make delicious and healthy Italian home cooking easily accessible to people all over the world.

This innovative doria proved popular and became the restaurant’s signature dish.

Even now, when Saizeriya is known for its Milanese-style doria, the restaurant continues to make improvements to make it even tastier.

It’s easy to recreate at home, so be sure to give it a try.

Types of Doria

You can also substitute butter rice for the turmeric rice.

Doria is a dish made by pouring white sauce, meat sauce, curry roux, etc. over rice, topping it with cheese, and then baking it in the oven until golden brown.

Try different sauces to suit your taste!

NUTRITION FACTS : Milano-style Doria (Rice casserole)　

• 2815 Calories Protein 107.5 g Total Fat 113.7 g Total carbohydrates 332.5 g Sodium 12.7 g

INGREDIENTS : Saizeriya Milano-Style Doria (Rice Casserole)

Saizeriya Milano-Style Doria (Rice Casserole)

• Rice ( 2 cups320g)
  • Water (360～420g)
  • Turmeric (0.9g)
  • Salt (1g)
  • Salted butter (10g)
• White sauce (350g)
• Shredded mozzarella cheese for pizza (150g)
• Meat sauce (400g)
• Soft-boiled eggs (5)

Meat sauce (The finished product weighs just under 500 g. / 80g per person)　

• Garlic (4g)
• Onion (50g)
• Carrots (35g)
• Aibiki mince /Ground beef:ground pork (7:3 ratio) (200g)
  • Olive oil (4g)
• Salt (1g)
• Pepper (to taste)
• Wheat flour (8g)
• Canned tomatoes (190g)
• Worcestershire sauce (5g)
• Red wine (40g)
• Water (50g)
• Salted butter (4g)
• Dried basil (to taste)

White sauce (The finished product weighs just under 400 g. / 70g per person)

• Salted butter (40g)
• Wheat flour (40g)
• Milk (600g)
• Consommé granules (2g)

How to make Saizeriya Milano-Style Doria (Rice Casserole)

Saizeriya Milano-Style Doria (Rice Casserole)

1. Wash the rice.
2. Place the rice, water, turmeric, salt, and salted butter in the pot of a rice cooker and cook.
3. Place the cooked rice on a heat-resistant plate.
4. Place the white sauce, shredded cheese, and meat sauce on top of the rice, in that order.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 250°C for 10-15 minutes.
6. Once cooked, lightly press the center with a spoon to make a depression, and place a soft-boiled egg on top.

White sauce (The finished product weighs just under 400 g.70g per person)

1. Chop the garlic, onions and carrots.
2. Heat olive oil in a deep pot.
3. Add the garlic and Aibiki mince and fry.
4. Once the meat has changed color, add the onions and carrots and sauté until soft.
5. Sprinkle salt and pepper,
6. Mix well and reduce heat.
7. Sprinkle wheat flour evenly over the whole.
   If you add flour after adding something with a lot of moisture, such as a can of tomatoes, it will cause lumps to form, so be sure to add it at this time.
8. Mix well.
9. Add Canned tomatoes, Worcester sauce, red wine and water.
10. After simmering for 20 minutes, add butter and Dried bajil.
11. If the viscosity is too thin, adjust by sifting in wheat flour about a teaspoon at a time.

White sauce

1. Put the butter in a frying pan and let it melt completely over low heat.
2. Sift in the wheat flour. Be sure to sift it.
3. Once the flour and butter have fused together and become creamy, turn up the heat a little.
4. When small bubbles appear, turn off the heat.
5. Add milk little by little. Don’t panic if lumps suddenly appear. Mix with the milk while breaking up any lumps with a spatula.
6. Once there are no lumps and the sauce is smooth, add all the milk and add the consommé.
7. Simmer over medium heat until the sauce thickens. Be careful not to set the heat too high as it will burn easily. If it’s too thick, add a little milk.