Red Rice Arancini Balls
These red rice arancini are a slight twist on your traditional risotto based arancini. Arancini are a Sicilian street food, and one of my favourite snacks! I love the choices of fillings, oozy cheese in the middle and this take on them with red rice is equally as delicious as your more traditional arancini.
What are arancini?
Arancini comes from the word arancia in Italian meaning orange - because of their often round shape and golden orange appearance when fried. You can also get conical shaped arancini though and although traditionally deep fried I prefer to oven bake arancini for ease.
What should you fill arancini with?
In this instance we’re going to be using mozzarella or goats cheese but you can also fill your arancini with leftover ragu, and I’ve also used feta before as a filling but the beauty of mozzarella is it melts and oozes as you take a bite!
This recipe is from one of my Cook Alongs and is part of a paid sponsorship with Riso Gallo.
The Rustico Range from Riso Gallo includes wholegrain rices including the Rustico Rosso used for this recipe. Due to the high fibre content these rices are a great healthy choice and perfect for creating tasty salads or stews depending on the season. The rices are all par-boiled to reduce the cooking time for you at home, making it even easier to make a healthier choice!