Italian Rice Balls (arancini)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb rice
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 lb mozzarella cheese, cut in 16 cubes
• 1/4 lb genoa salami, cut in small pieces
• 1 1/2 cups italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• olive oil
• spaghetti sauce with meat

Recipe

• 1 cook rice until sticky.
• 2 let cool.
• 3 mix rice, 4 egg yolks and grated cheese in large bowl.
• 4 form rice mixture into balls (the size of a large meatball)) enclosing cube of mozzarella and 2 or 3 pieces of salami inside each rice ball.
• 5 beat egg whites.
• 6 dip each rice ball in beaten egg whites and then in bread crumbs.
• 7 drizzle with olive oil and broil on all sides until well browned.
• 8 to serve, split open and top with meat sauce.
• 9 makes 12 to 14.