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August 10, 2007 at 6:53 am | In food | 4 Comments

Nancy at Belle Epoque is having a blog-based recipe exchange, so here’s one of my favorites (and i haven’t posted about it here before)…

from Vegetarian Times

Mozzarella-stuffed Arancini

* 1 1/2 cups instant brown rice
* 4 green onions, divided
* 2 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 tsp.)
* 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
* 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus more for garnish
* 1/3 cup grated Romano cheese
* 2 cups whole-grain breadcrumbs
* 16 marinated fresh mozzarella balls, drained, oil reserved (1 12-oz. container)
* 1 28-oz. jar marinara sauce

Directions:

Combine rice, 1 whole green onion, garlic and 3 1/2 cups water in saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, or until all liquid has been absorbed and rice is soft and slightly sticky. Remove from heat, transfer to bowl, and cool. Remove green onion, and discard.

Preheat oven to 425F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper, or coat with cooking spray. Chop remaining green onions finely. Fold eggs, parsley, cheese and onions into rice. Spread breadcrumbs on large plate.

Place 1/4 cup rice mixture in palm of hand. Shape into tangerine-sized ball around one mozzarella ball. Roll in breadcrumbs, and place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining rice, mozzarella and breadcrumbs. Drizzle arancini with reserved oil, and bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until outsides are crisp and browned.

Warm marinara sauce, and ladle into bottom of large serving dish. Place arancini on top of sauce, and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately.

yummmmmmm.

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Oh. My. God. Those look wonderful!

I didn’t know there was such a thing as *instant* brown rice. As soon as I find it, I’m making these. Or maybe I won’t be able to wait and will make it with regular brown rice.

Thanks!

Comment by Wendy — August 10, 2007 #

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i ended up using regular brown rice and it worked out just fine.

Comment by lifewithmonkey — August 10, 2007 #

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um, YUM! i’m sorry I missed this on the first run-though of recipes I added– it is on there now, and on my “cook this next” list too!

Comment by Nancy — August 17, 2007 #

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[...] Belle Epoque just organized a very nice online recipe swap and posted the results: everything from mozzarella-stuffed arancini to buttermilk-cornbread soup. I’m bookmarking it right now and excited to try out some new [...]

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