ARANCINI DI RISO (FRIED RICE BALLS). RECIPES OF ITALIAN CUISINE, CUISINE ITALY COOKING, Italian dishes, Italian Food

ARANCINI DI RISO (Arancini di Riso, Sicily), specialties of Sicilian cuisine, it is fried rice balls (similar in shape and colour to oranges, hence the name) stuffed with meat sauce, tomato sauce, mozzarella, peas etc.

Ingredients (serves 4 people):

400 grams of rice

1 sachet of saffron

4 eggs

40 grams of grated pecorino cheese

4 tablespoons breadcrumbs

100 grams of caciocavallo cheese cut into cubes

500 grams of peeled tomatoes

250 grams of ground veal

1 onion

1 stalk celery

70 grams of boiled peas

½ glass of white wine

Olive oil

Oil for frying

Salt and pepper

Preparation: In a large pot boil the rice in salted water, drain it. When it is cooled, pour saffron dissolved in two tablespoons of hot water, Pecorino cheese and two whole eggs and pepper.

Meanwhile, prepare the meat sauce: Put in a saucepan, onion and chopped celery, do brown, put the meat and washed with white wine. When the wine has evaporated, add the peeled tomatoes, the peas cooked before, salt and pepper. Cook half an hour over low heat.

Now proceed to form the arancini (rice balls), taking a big spoonful of rice on the palms of hands, formed a deep hollow with a teaspoon enter sauce and a stock cube of caciocavallo cheese. Close with another bit of rice and pass the arancino in flour, then in the beaten egg and finally in breadcrumbs. Fry in abundant oil and just be golden, drain on absorbent paper and bake for 8 minutes at 180°C.

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