How to Make Arancini

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: string cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: panko breadcrumbs

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Panko provides a lighter texture.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and suitable for vegetarians.

Make risotto ahead of time and refrigerate overnight.

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a sauce pot.

Add 1/2 cup of chopped onion and 2 cloves of minced garlic, stir until tender.

Add 1 cup of Arborio rice and toast it.

Add 1/2 cup of white wine and let it evaporate.

Gradually add hot chicken broth until rice thickens and pot looks dry.

Add 1/4 cup of heavy cream and 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.

Prepare a breading station with flour, eggs, and Panko bread crumbs.

Add pinches of salt to flour and eggs, whisk together with 2 tablespoons of milk.

Add 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning to Panko bread crumbs.

Roll fresh mozzarella balls in flour, then take 1/4 cup of risotto and form it around the mozzarella ball.

Coat the ball in flour, dip in egg, then coat in bread crumbs.

Set the coated balls on a plate, resulting in 9 rice balls.

Heat oil and drop the rice balls in to fry until crispy.

Place fried arancini on a cooling rack and serve with marinara sauce.

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