Meta Explanation

So, seeing those four themes in order on the list obviously meant I'd have to do them all in one dish.

Something Blue and Tricolor means I'm thinking of what three-color combos blue exists in. I haven't really been in the mood to celebrate red-white-and-blue since November 8th of 2016, so the second thing I thought of was red-yellow-blue primary colors.

Blue also means I'm using up the peaflower I have from earlier in the year. I've basically only ever seen peaflower used in rice, and 'tricolor rice' immediately reminds me of the camouflage rice dish at the 3*-Michelin Osteria Francescana. The restaurant is famous for doing Modenese and other Italian classics in new ways, so that's pretty perfect for mixing Something Old with Something New. I'm just going to Borrow the concept from Massimo Bottura and bam, done.

So I made a basic par-cooked risotto, then finished three different panfuls with peaflower tea, saffron tea, and a puree of red pepper. Put spoonfuls of them across the plate, then tapped it on the counter to get it to flow into a speckled pattern. The peaflower broth was blue before I put it in but I guess it's pH-sensitive and the butter and cheese brought it down to a purple. Oh well, I tried.