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STUFFED RICE BALLS

Ingredients

  • Salt
  • Oil
  • Flour
  • Bread crumbs
  • I beaten egg
  • Cooked spinach
  • 400 grams of round rice
  • 125 grams of fresh mozzarella cheese
  • 800 milliliters of water, to cook the rice

Preparation

  1. To prepare the rice, pour the water into a pot and bring to a boil.
  2. When it boils add a pinch of salt and the rice
  3. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes or until the rice has absorbed all the water and is al dente
  4. Then remove the pot from the heat and add the fresh mozzarella cut into pieces
  5. Stir to integrate and melt well with the rice
  6. And let the rice cool down a bit
  7. Now, you take a portion of the rice. You crush it a little and add the filling you want in the middle (not too much)
  8. As filling options they can be: spinach, ham and cheese, a shrimp, tuna, a good bolognese or whatever you prefer
  9. You take another portion of rice of the same size and leave it on top of the filling
  10. Shape into a ball. You should end up with a ball about the size of a tennis ball. They are pretty big balls.
  11. Then spread the ball well with flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs. You finish shaping
  12. Finally, you go on to fry in abundant oil. Important: The oil must be hot but not too hot, they are quite fat stuffed rice balls. It would be fine at about 150ºC
  13. Once fried, remove them from the oil and leave them on absorbent paper.