Baked Rice Balls
Baked rice balls are a recipe with fresh ingredients from the rice category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 150 g mozzarella
- 50 g Parmesan
- 300 g round grain rice
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tbsp butter
- 4 Tbsp breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp flour
- Salt
- Pepper (freshly ground)
- clarified butter or oil (for frying)
- bay leaf (for garnish)
Instructions
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1.
Bring 0.5 l of salted water to a boil in a pot, add the rice and simmer over low heat while stirring frequently until it softens; stir in parmesan at the end, let cool slightly, then mix in 2 tbsp butter and 1 egg.
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2.
Beat 1 egg in a deep dish, lightly salt and pepper it.
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3.
Cut the cheese into small cubes.
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4.
Take about 10 portions of cooled rice, each roughly the size of an orange, and shape them into balls. Press a depression in the center with your finger, fill it with about 1 tbsp of cheese, seal the opening with more rice, dust the balls with flour, then dip first in egg and finally in breadcrumbs. Place carefully on a towel.
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5.
Heat clarified butter or oil in a deep pot and fry the rice balls portion by portion. Drain on kitchen paper and serve, for example, with tomato salad.
