Suppli al Telefono (Arancini), Italian Recipe - Gianni's North Beach

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone

Provolone provides similar melting qualities at a lower cost.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Grana padano offers a similar flavor profile for less.

Go to the village to buy food for cooking.

Introduce the dish as arboreal rice croquettes called Suppli al Telefono.

Cook arborio rice until al dente.

Flavor the rice with butter and an egg after forming the croquettes.

Chop yellow onion finely and sauté in olive oil until translucent.

Chop dried porcini mushrooms finely and add to the pan with the onion.

Add ground beef to the pan and break it up while cooking.

Pour in tomato sauce and let it cook off a bit, adjusting the amount for desired consistency.

Grate parmesan cheese and add it to the rice mixture.

Add two pats of butter to the rice mixture and mix well.

Add porcini water from soaking the dried mushrooms to the rice mixture.

Season with freshly grated black pepper and sea salt.

Crack an egg on a flat surface, beat it, and mix it into the rice mixture.

Let the rice mixture cool slightly before shaping.

Form the rice mixture into egg-shaped balls, making an indentation in the center.

Place a cube of mozzarella in the indentation and reshape the ball.

Roll the ball in flour to help the egg stick.

Beat an egg and coat the rice ball in the egg.

Roll the egg-coated ball in bread crumbs until fully coated.

Fry the rice balls in hot oil until golden brown.

Let the fried balls cool slightly before serving.

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