Arancini – Italian rice croquettes

Ingredients for 18 servings:

• 6 onions
• 150 g butter
• 1 kg rice
• 2 liters of broth
• 240 g Parmesan, grated
• 300 g minced meat
• 1 can/n peas
• 1 ½ tbsp sugar
• 250g mozzarella
• 4 eggs
• 500 g tomatoes, pureed
• salt and pepper
• Breadcrumbs (coarse)
• Fat, for frying
• oregano
• basil
• Garlic

Instructions

Working time approx. 50 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

Dice the onions and sauté in butter. Lightly sauté the rice. Deglaze with the stock and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the Parmesan to the dry rice, stirring until just warm. Fry the ground beef until browned and crumbly, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes, 1/4 liter water, and the peas. Then season with the spices and sugar to taste. Form the warm rice into balls. Make a hole in the middle and fill with the ground beef and chopped mozzarella. Seal the hole, dip the balls in the beaten egg, and coat in breadcrumbs. Fry in plenty of fat for about 8 minutes. Enjoy hot or cold.