Incredible Arancini – Newgladiator

This is the best arancini! Creamy risotto packed with melty mozzarella cheese, and fried to golden stuffed perfection.

I first made arancini a couple years ago for a dinner party around the holidays, and now I have thought about it again, and made it again, every year since.

Arancini is the Italian dish of balls of creamy risotto packed with mozzarella cheese and fried to golden stuffed perfection.

Guys, this is not a practical food to make. This is not a fast, everyday dinner. This is the opposite of that. We are first making risotto (a bit tiresome in and of itself) and then rolling it up with mozzarella cheese, breading it, frying it, and dunking it, hot and melty, into a red sauce.

This is a recipe for special occasions and hence why I only make this once a year. But when I do make it… oh my gosh.

I made it a bit early this year – had to for this recipe post and video! woe is me! – but it usually holds its place on my mental calendar for the week between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s people hanging out, it’s a spirit of frivolity, it’s something to celebrate.

But ultimately it’s the desire to pull apart a crispy, golden ball of creamy risotto stuffed with molten, melty cheese and dunk it into a rich red sauce. I can’t even. It’s so good. Lick fingers and repeat.

Welcome To My Home! Let’s Make Arancini!

1 Cook the Risotto.

This is the part where I tell you you might want to double the recipe because the risotto in and of itself is so good that you’ll want to eat it right here and now. Go ahead. Double it. We’re using DeLallo arborio rice here – only the best Italian products for our Italian recipes here on POY!