Advertisement. Step 2. Roll cooled rice into balls the size of golf balls. Push a piece of mozzarella into the middle of each ball, making sure that cheese is completely enclosed. Chill …
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Place a piece of mozzarella, and/or a little tomato sauce (and peas, if using) in the center of the cupped rice. Next, close the rice around the filling and shape into a ball. If you’d like to make conical shapes, flatten the bottom of the ball, and make the top more pointed. Now, roll the shaped arancini in flour.
Get one heaping tablespoon of rice in your hand and shape it to form a hollow bowl. Get one teaspoon of filling and pour it in the center and add in a few cubes of diced mozzarella. Close the rice around the filling to create a ball shape. Continue forming the rest of your arancini the same way.
Arancini is a Sicilian specialty of saffron-flavored rice balls stuffed with varying ingredients that can include meat, meat sauce, vegetables (such as peas) and/or cheese. The rice balls are coated with breadcrumbs and usually fried, though they can also be baked.
Arancini di Riso: Sicilian Rice Balls. Arancini are delicious, crispy, deep fried Sicilian balls of rice. They have a meat sauce and mozzarella cheese filling and crunchy breadcrumb coating. Similar Italian rice balls are called Supplì in Rome and the nearby region.