Home Recipes Appetizers Pesto and Avocado Arancinis Pesto and Avocado Arancinis Ingredients Preparation Nutrition Comments Ingredients Preparation Nutrition Comments Pesto and Avocado Arancinis A Reinvented Italian Recipe Pesto and avocado arancinis… Wow! Take a bite of these delicious little balls, and you will be surprised of the pesto-flavoured green filling! Ideally, arancinis should be fried to be as crispy as possible. But you don’t necessarily need a fryer! You can simply fry them in a pan with a little oil. Just be careful of the splatter! Once cooked, you can either eat your arancinis immediately or freeze them for future use. If you go with the second option, simply reheat the balls in a fryer before serving. Get ready to love these pesto and avocado arancinis! SIMPLY DELICIOUS: Try this recipe with an homemade pesto. It’s always better when you make it yourself! Around the world Vegetarian Dinner party Italian To freeze By:Hubert Cormier, Ph.D. in nutrition Preparation 45 min Cooking 1 h Refrigeration 2 h 30 mini arancinis Worth the effort (moderate) Ingredients Système métrique Système impérial Pesto Garlic cloves, finely chopped - 2 2 To discover! Fresh basil - 2 cups 25 g To discover! Spinach - 2 cups 65 g To discover! Olive oil - 3 tablespoons 45 mL To discover! Rice vinegar - 1 tablespoon 15 mL To discover! Salt and pepper - To taste To taste To discover! Risotto Olive oil - ¼ cup 60 mL To discover! Onion, finely chopped - ½ ½ To discover! Arborio rice - ¾ cup 145 g To discover! Sodium-reduced vegetable broth - 3 cups 750 mL To discover! Arancinis Avocado, coarsely crushed - 1 1 To discover! Breadcrumbs, divided - 1 ½ cup 170 g To discover! All-purpose flour - ¼ cup 30 g To discover! Eggs - 3 3 To discover! Vegetable oil (for frying) - To discover! Preparation Passer en mode cuisine Pesto 1. In a food processor, grind all the pesto ingredients until smooth. Set aside. Risotto 2. In a deep pan or skillet, heat the oil over medium heat and brown the onion for 5 minutes. 3. Coat the rice with the oil. 4. Add 125 ml (½ cup) of vegetable broth. Mix and cook until absorbed. Repeat with the remaining broth until the rice is al dente. 5. Remove the risotto from heat and add the pesto. 6. Finally, spread the risotto unto a baking sheet and let cool in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Arancinis 7. When ready to prepare the arancinis, start by adding 125 ml (½ cup) of breadcrumbs and the crushed avocado to the risotto. 8. Preheat the oil of the fryer to 190 °C (375 °F). Note: you can also fry your arancinis in a deep pan. Simply measure the temperature with a food thermometer. 9. In 3 deep plates, place the flour, beaten eggs, and breadcrumbs, respectively. 10. Make ping-pong-sized balls with the risotto and coat them in flour. Then, roll them in the beaten eggs and finish with breadcrumbs. 11. Fry the arancinis in oil until golden, so about 2 minutes, then drain. Serve with basil-flavoured Greek yogurt. Freeze your arancinis! These pesto and avocado arancinis can be kept in the freezer for 3 months once fried, and the same goes for any other type of arancini. Then, warm them up 15 minutes in the oven before serving!