Serves: 4
Prep Time: 90 minutes
Meal Occasion: Main Dish, Dinner
Cuisine Type: Italian
Ingredients
| 3 | cups UNCLE BEN’S® Fast & Natural™ Whole Grain Instant Brown Rice (cooked) |
| 3 | oz. salami sliced paper thin, then cut into matchsticks |
| 1 | cup Pecorino grated |
| 1 | red onion chopped into 1/8-inch dice |
| 4 | egg whites |
| 4 | sprigs of mint |
| 1/2 | cup breadcrumbs for coating |
| 1/4 | cup flour for dusting |
| 1/2 | cup extra-virgin olive oil |
| 2 | Tbsp. olive oil |
Instructions
1. In a 4- to 6-quart saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil until just smoking.
2. Add half the chopped red onion and cook until softened, about 7 to 9 minutes.
3. Add cooked UNCLE BEN'S® Fast & Natural™ Whole Grain Instant Brown Rice and cook 2 minutes until all rice is warmed through.
4. Spread rice out to cool on a large cookie sheet, about 1/4-inch to 1/2 -inch thick.
5. When rice is cool, mix with Pecorino, 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks and the salami matchsticks and set aside.
6. Place dusting flour, egg whites and breadcrumbs in separate shallow bowls and lightly beat egg whites.
7. To form fritelle, place 3 tablespoons rice mixture in palm of hand and, using both hands, shape into a ball about golf-ball size. Flatten each ball into an orb like a flying saucer.
8. Repeat with remaining rice mixture until done. Roll each orb in flour, then egg whites, then breadcrumbs and refrigerate 1 hour, uncovered.
9. Heat 1/4 cup oil in a tall sided skillet until just smoking.
10. Carefully place 3 orbs at a time into pan and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.
11. Place cooked fritelle on paper towels and place on large platter and serve either warm or at room temperature with sprigs of mint over top.
