Mozzarella arancini

Arancini are beautifully fried risotto balls stuffed with mozzarella and prosciutto. SEE ALL-NEW VIDEO and get recipe on the blog!!

The starter course from the winner of our 2022 Golden Tomato Cook, Kate Phillips. This rich dish uses our sweet and velvety passata in both the arancini as well as the aioli for a creamy and luxurious tomato flavour.

Mozzarella Arancini (Fried Risotto Balls) is a Sicilian delight. Homemade risotto balls are stuffed with mozzarella before being deep fried and served with warm tomato sauce. It’s the cheesy Italian appetizer you need in your life!

With savory rice, melty cheese, and a crunchy shell, these arancini are an irresistible Italian appetizer or snack. The combination of flavors and textures is simply divine!

Arancini are delicious, crispy, deep fried Sicilian balls of rice. They have a meat sauce and mozzarella cheese filling and crunchy breadcrumb coating. Similar Italian rice balls are called Supplì in Rome and the nearby region.

Scarred by childhood memories of dry, tasteless rice balls, I created arancini the way we all want them to be: crisp on the outside with a shattering crust that breaks open to reveal tender grains of rice suspended in a rich and flavorful creamy sauce. At the center: stretchy melted mozzarella cheese.

If you must know something about me, I’m pretty much a huge sucker for anything fried or cheesy, but come on who isn’t? These cheesy arancini (rice balls) are the perfect appetizers for any party, event or even just because. Arancini is known as “adult mozzarella sticks”, but these crispy, deep fried Italian balls of rice are oozing with the ooey-gooey mozzarella cheese filling.

Mozzarella arancini with spicy arrabiata sauce! Get the recipe for these crispy, fried risotto balls made with Carolina Arborio Rice, cheese, and cream.

This Spinach & Mozzarella Arancini recipe is sure to impress!