Making the perfect Arancini should only take approximately 3 hr 35 min . It’s considered an Intermediate level recipe. Below are the ingredients and directions for you to easily follow. The Arancini recipe can feed your family for 10 to 14 arancini.
There are many different ways to make this Arancini recipe. Once you’re familiar with our recommended ingredients and directions, you can add your own twist to this recipe to make it your own! We’ve also listed potential Cookware items below that might be necessary for this Arancini recipe.
Arancini Popular Ingredients
- 1 pound arborio rice
- 2 1/2 ounces grated Parmesan
- 1 ounces grated pecorino
- 1 ounce butter, broken into small chunks
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 pounds chopped sirloin
- Two 28-ounce cans San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes, blended
- 3 tablespoons dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 8 ounces frozen medium-sized peas, thawed
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 ounce fresh mozzarella, cut into strips
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs
Steps for making Arancini
- For the rice: Bring 12 cups water to a boil and add rice. Reduce the heat and cook until the rice is sticky (a little overdone).
- Mix the rice with Parmesan, pecorino and butter, then cool.
- For the sauce: Saute red onion in olive oil in a saucepan until translucent. Add sirloin and cook until browned, then add San Marzano tomatoes. Mix in oregano, sugar, salt and pepper, then bring to a boil. Turn to low heat and simmer until the meat is tender, 45 minutes.
- Add peas with 5 minutes left in the cooking time. Cool to room temperature.
- For the arancini: Bring several inches oil to 350 degrees F in Dutch oven.
- Scoop out some rice mixture and use a cupped hand as a mold to pat it together. Add meat sauce in the center. Cover the sauce with small strips of the mozzarella and close the ball. Dip the arancini in the eggs and coat with panko. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
- Fry the arancini, turning once, until brown, 2 to 5 minutes. Serve with the meat sauce.
Popular Categories for this Recipe
- Rice Recipes
- Appetizer – An hors d’oeuvre (/ɔːr ˈdɜːrv(rə)/ or DURV(-rə); French: hors-d’œuvre (listen)), appetizer or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d’oeuvres are served cold, others hot. Hors d’oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal, or they may be served before seating, such as at a reception or cocktail party. Formerly, hors d’oeuvres were also served between courses.Typically smaller than a main dish, an hors d’oeuvre is often designed to be eaten by hand.
- Deep-Frying
You might need the following Cookware
In this section we’ve listed Cookware items that might be helpful to make this Arancini recipe (or similar recipes). If certain tools or utensils are not applicable, then ignore and choose relevant items.
- Cooking pots
- Frying pan
- Steamers
- Colander
- Skillet
- Knives
- Cutting board
- Grater
- Saucepan
- Stockpot
- Spatula
- Tongs
- Measuring cups
- Wooden Spoon
