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arancini in a bowl with NC Vinegar based BBQ

Cream Cheese Arancini

Ingredients

  • 2 cups leftover cooked Tidewater Grain Company Carolina Gold Rice order online at tidewatergrain.com
  • 3 Tbsp. Tidewater Grain Company heirloom rice flour
  • local egg we used eggs from Colfax Creek Farm, available on Saturdays at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market
  • 2 Tbsp. Lusty Monk whole grain mustard
  • 1/2 cup your favorite local soft cheese
  • 2 cups Tidewater Grain Company Heirloom Rice Flour order online at tidewatergrain.com
  • 3 local eggs we used eggs from Colfax Creek Farm, available on Saturdays at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market
  • Canola Oil for Frying
  • 1/2 cup fresh minced flat leaf parsley

Instructions

  1. Pour the leftover rice into a mixing bowl and add 3 Tbsp. of rice flour, 1 egg and 1 Tbsp, of Lusty Monk Mustard and the minced parsley. Blend well

  2. Use your hands to scoop out about 3 tablespoons of the rice mixture and shape into a ball

  3. Flatten the ball of rice in your palm and add a generous teaspoon of cream cheese or chevre to the center.

  4. Use your fingers to "fold" the rice mixture up and around the cheese. And then reroll into a ball so that you can't see any cheese at all

  5. Repeat for the rest of the rice

  6. Roll the balls first in rice flour, then in beaten egg and then in flour again, to lightly coat them with a crust

  7. Let the coated rice balls rest on a wire cake rack, so that the egg and rice flour coating can firm up a bit

  8. Meanwhile, pour about a 1/2 inch of canola oil into a Carolina Cooker cast iron skillet over high heat.

  9. Place a wooden spoon in the oil. Heat the  oil until little bubbles form around the  edge of the spoon. This indicates that the oil is hot enough for deep frying.

  10. Place the coated rice balls in the hot oil and allow to fry to a golden brown color.

  11. Remove from the oil and allow to cool slightly on the wire rack.

  12. Serve hot alongside a serving of hot Colfax Creek Farm vinegar-based BBQ

Recipe Notes