Recipe: Perfect Baked Arancini

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Baked Arancini. Baked Arancini is healthier than the traditional fried arancini making it perfect for baby-led weaning and kids. Last week I decided to try baked arancini (risotto balls). I made these Baked Arancini Balls using leftover Baked Creamy Pumpkin Risotto which I shared Real Arancini Balls are deep fried.

Baked Arancini Served with pasta sauce for dipping, they make a spectacular starter or a savoury snack. Baked Arancini. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Skinnytaste > Holiday Recipes > Baked Mini Spinach and Sausage Arancini. You can cook Baked Arancini using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Baked Arancini

  1. Prepare 1 bowl of left over rice.
  2. Prepare 3 of boiled potatoes.
  3. You need 1 of finely chopped onion.
  4. You need 1 of finely chopped green chilli.
  5. It's of Chopped coriander leaves.
  6. It's of Salt as per taste.
  7. Prepare of Black pepper to taste.
  8. It's 1 tsp of Oregano.
  9. You need 1 tsp of Red chilli flakes.
  10. Prepare 4 of sausages finely chopped.
  11. It's cubes of Mozzarella cheese.
  12. Prepare 1 of egg beaten.
  13. It's 1 tbsp of olive oil.
  14. Prepare 2 slices of Bread crumbs of.
  15. Prepare 2 tsp of pizza sauce.

These mini baked Italian rice balls are made with brown rice, chicken sausage, spinach and mozzarella cheese. Baked Arancini: Arancini are riceballs from risotto leftovers combined with cheese and then fried. With this recipe you can bake them in the oven. Here, they're covered with a crispy coating mix and baked to create a gooey mozzarella centre.

Baked Arancini instructions

  1. In a wide vessel put the left over rice, add onions, green chilli, coriander leaves, salt, mashed potatoes, black pepper, oregano and red chilli flakes. Mash them up with the help of a potato masher..
  2. Cut mozzarella cheese into cubes and keep them aside..
  3. In a pan heat 1 tsp of olive oil and add the finely chopped sausages and sauté with pizza sauce..
  4. In a bowl beat an egg with 1 tbsp of olive oil and keep aside..
  5. Wet your palms and make lemon sized balls of the rice mix, flatten them and add the sausage and cheese filling..
  6. Wrap them up into balls again..
  7. Once all balls are ready dip them into egg wash and roll them into bread crumbs, and place them into a baking tray with butter paper lined in it..
  8. Now place the tray into a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 30 mins... or till the outer crust turns golden brown and crisp..
  9. Serve with dip made with hung curd and green mint chutney added to it..
  10. The vegetarians can replace sausages with paneer, or mushrooms or soya keema.... and for egg wash can use thin corn flour or maida paste..

Served with pasta sauce for dipping, they make a spectacular starter or a savoury snack. Today I was inspired by a delicious Sicilian recipe, "arancini di riso" (deep fried rice balls) and I decided to create a kids friendly version. Arancini are one of those universally loved food items. Traditionally, arancini are fried rice balls coated with breadcrumbs and filled with. Skip to Baked Mushroom Arancini content.