Fried Rice Arancini
Arancini di riso
Arancini fried rice balls are Sicilian street food, but you might as well make your own version at home.
This Sicilian recipe for rice balls follows up on my contribution to the Dropout Diaries’ Street Food Festival. When asked to write a post on Italian street food for the Dropout Diaries the first thing that sprung to mind were the delicious rice oranges that can sometimes be bought from street vendors in Palermo and Catania or on the ferry to Sicily. Arancini come in a multitude of different version some of which are very elaborate using peas, minced beef and chicken. This is the simple (lazy) model made from fried risotto with a bleeding mozzarella heart, but they are still a great snack.
Ingredients
For the risotto
1 tbsp butter
1 shallot onion
300 g risotto rice
100 ml white wine
100 ml boiling chicken stock
Salt
50 g grated parmesan
Filling and coating
1 mozzarella
1 beaten egg
4 tbsp fresh white bread crumbs
Oil for frying
Preparation
You can use some risotto left over from the day before or make a new one like this:
Melt the butter and fry the chopped onion over low heat
Add rice and heat them through before the wine is added
Start stirring in chicken stock when most of the wine has evaporated.
Keep stirring and adding more stock for 15-20 minutes until the rice are done and you have a firm risotto
Add salt and grated parmesan and leave the rice to cool
Cut the mozzarella into cubes
Take a small spoonful of rice, press mozzarella in the middle and cover it completely with rice
Roll the balls in beaten egg and bread crumbs and deep fry in hot oil.
Serve immediately.
Other great snack food recipes
Arancini are fried balls of rice with a filling of cheese or minced meat.
I love arancini!
I love arancini! I ate them once in Catania in Sicily!I think it0s the more tasty food I ever had!
ma quanto buoni che sono
i am definitely saving this – I love arancini!!
Me too. Unless they are old and stale and too compact with rice:)