Yesteday´s brunch todays supper, a Sicilian snack
Arancini were once just a way to use up uneaten risotto. The
lesson here is: we should all cook more risotto than we need, so it too
can be formed into blissful croquetas and fried until crisp and golden.
I’m a big fan of street food – all those robust flavours, frugal
ingredients, and eating with your fingers is my idea of culinary heaven.
But it’s a long time since I followed my nose through a smoky street food market,but this will suffice.
I have made and eaten arancini every which way but it had never occurred to me to turn one of the world´s classic breakfast dishes into breakfast arancini.
plain flour for dusting
2 eggs beaten
breadcrumbs for coating
sunflower oil for deep frying
I have made and eaten arancini every which way but it had never occurred to me to turn one of the world´s classic breakfast dishes into breakfast arancini.
Traditionally these typically Sicilian snacks are are filled with different stuffings,such as
minced meat or vegetables,but why not kedgeree?
Arancini di Kedgeree
1 quantity of left over risottoplain flour for dusting
2 eggs beaten
breadcrumbs for coating
sunflower oil for deep frying
Take a little of the risotto and form it into a ball,about 15g is agood size but for amore substantial snack you can go up to the size of a golf ball..You will find it easier if you wet your hands with
cold water. Dust with a little flour,then coat with beaten egg and
finally coat in the breadcrumbs.Repeat the process for each ball.
Heat
some oil in a large deep saucepan or in a deep fat fryer.Add the risotto
balls a few at a time and fry for 2-3 minutes until golden brown.Drain
on kitchen paper and serve hot or cold.
A good New Years resolution
With millions of people in Europe now unable to afford the food they
have been used to eating and global food prices set to rise as
climate and other pressures increase, tackling food waste in the kitchen
is at least a very good place to start.We are all guilty at some time
or another of over shopping or impulse buying,but then there is always a
recipe for that lost soul that is in the vegetable box or sitting on
the fridge shelf.Think about it.Ready meals are not as wholesome or as
cheap as they are made out to be.
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