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Risotto Balls
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Michaela WalkerRisotto Balls
Vegetarian tomato risotto balls with melted mozerella centres. Great for starters or lunches! Can be prepared in advance and cooked just before serving.
Ingredient
Food ration :
4-6 servingsCooking time :
2-3 hours
1 tbsp
olive oil
1
onion
500 ml
passata
800 ml
boiled water
4-8
garlic cloves
300 g
arborio rice
125 ml
white wine
Knob
butter
4 tbsp
chopped basil
125 g
ball of mozerella
110 g
breadcrumbs
2
eggs
1 ltr
vegetable oil
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Chop onion and add to a pan with olive oil.
* Step 2
Cover and leave for 2-3 minutes.
* Step 3
In the meantime, heat a second pan of passata, stock cubes and boiled water.
* Step 4
Add garlic to the onions and cook for 60 seconds.
* Step 5
Add rice to the onions.
* Step 6
Add white wine and cook until absorbed.
* Step 7
Add passata mixture to the rice one ladel at a time.
* Step 8
Keep going...
* Step 9
Stop when the rice is cooked aldante and a spoon can stand in the mixture. You might not use all the liquid.
* Step 10
Turn off the heat and stir in the basil, butter and parmasan.
* Step 11
Cover and let it rest for 5 minutes.
* Step 12
Season, stir and then spread out the rissoto on a tray to cool.
* Step 13
Wait until rissoto is fully cooled and stiff.
* Step 14
Chop mozerella into small cubes.
* Step 15
Pour breadcrumbs into a dish.
* Step 16
Beat eggs in a dish.
* Step 17
Setup a production line to make the balls.
* Step 18
Start with a flat section of rissoto and place a cube of mozerella in the centre.
* Step 19
Roll into a ball entirely covering the mozerella.
* Step 20
Coat in egg.
* Step 21
Coat in crumbs.
* Step 22
Set aside and repeat until you've used all the rissoto.
* Step 23
It typically makes 12 balls.
* Step 24
If cooking to serve later pop the tray into the fridge until ready.
* Step 25
Heat oil in a pan.
* Step 26
When hot add the risotto balls. You may have to do this in batches.
* Step 27
Cook until golden brown and then serve. 2-3 balls per portion.
* Step 28
(Optional) serve with a couple of spoonfuls of a spicy chilli and tomato pasta sauce.
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