Arancini are a typical Sicilian recipe. You can find them filled with many different ingredients. They can be stuffed with ragu, with mozzarella and peas … these are the most classic, but each can be customized to suit one’s taste.

Ingredients for 4 people:
400 g original rice
20 g butter
80 g parmesan
2 egg yolks
1/2 saffron sachet
1 whole egg
50 g flour
100 g breadcrumbs
salt
pepper
16 anchovies (optional)
100 g mozzarella
100 g tomato sauce
basil
After washing the rice several times, put it in a pan covering it with cold water, a little salt and saffron (the water must exceed the rice level of 1.5 cm). Put on the flame with the flame at the most, then as soon as the water starts to boil, cover and cook for 15 minutes on low heat without removing the lid. Season with butter and Parmesan, add the two egg yolks and leave to cool as quickly as possible. Form 16 balls, make a large hole with a finger in each and fill them all with the mozzarella cut into cubes and the chopped anchovies. Flour them, pass them in the beaten egg, then in the breadcrumbs. Fry in plenty of oil, drain and serve with the arancini of rice with tomato sauce.