Arancini | Basics with Babish

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@peterdumpel5729 Жыл бұрын

It's great he finally decided to make the o.g. italian jelly filled doughnuts

@SeraphimCramer Жыл бұрын

Frankly, arancini are probably closer to donuts than onigiri since at least arancini are fried.

@AceJackal253 Жыл бұрын

What a callback

@Davey647Returns Жыл бұрын

These donuts are great! Jelly filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a jelly filled donut!

@alexepul Жыл бұрын

I get that reference!

@AndrewAce. Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA!

@chrishack6690 Жыл бұрын

Hi Babish, I most likely speak for many people that view this channel but I am truly grateful for all of the knowledge and inspiration your have given. I have gone from no knowledge of cooking, making basically scrambled eggs, and chicken and rice in college, to making almost all of my meals from scratch 5 years later. The amount of joy from cooking I have brought to myself and others is insurmountable. I am truly grateful for the knowledge you have been able to pass. This blessing of knowledge will most definitely have an impact on generations to come. Please, please never stop.

@andrearigano4594 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Catania (Sicily) the version alla Norma is a specialty of my city, based on pasta alla Norma. All in all you did it well, maybe a tip to avoid having so much bland rice, better mix some of the sauce with the rice in addition to the filling, so every bite will somehow have that flavor.

@tlah123 Жыл бұрын

My family has always made arancini's lesser-known cousin - suppli - which is risotto cooked like regular rice, mixed with a handful of Parm and Romano, and a fairly sweet homemade Sunday gravy, then stuffed with a small block of fresh mozzarella that gets gooey and stringy as it fries (the "surprise" to the "suppli!")

@djgulia3656 Жыл бұрын

This is what my family makes, but we use regular Carolina rice not risotto, and a meat sauce, beef not pork and skip the peas. I don’t like meat in my rice balls so I get extra mozzarella.

@shadow_entity9191 Жыл бұрын

Suppli sounds like a Swiss guy saying "soup" in German.

@alessandromassimo5717 Жыл бұрын

@@djgulia3656 supplì are from rome and the original one is with tomato sauce and chicken giblet.

@max_meliani Жыл бұрын

So these ones are the offspring of arancini and croquetas?

@sharenec6347 Жыл бұрын

Ooh this is what my family makes just when we have left over risotto. So we make the risotto normally with a little extra to make this! Thank you for the name

@Nypotet Жыл бұрын

Sicilian here. I gotta say that this recipe is more legit than many of other ones portrayed by Italian cooking channels, you did your homework thoroughly. The only nitpicks I have are the lack of saffron and/or sauce in the rice to make it more colorful and flavourful, and the batter, which usually is a thick mix of water, flour, and (in a low ratio) eggs. Great content as always!

@tizianomiserendino9742 Жыл бұрын

I would also argue that the cone shaped ones usually are called arancini and feature mozzarella on the inside, while the round ones are called arancine, and depending whether you go to the North or South of Sicily, you are gonna find mainly one or another

@nicolocapobianco3845 Жыл бұрын

The recipe and tecniques look nice but I think he got the ragù wrong, also no peas (though maybe peas are used only in Catania)

@Nypotet Жыл бұрын

@@nicolocapobianco3845 he added the peas afterwards (I doubt they were fully cooked by just frying tho). The peas are used here in palermo too

@fieramiraculorum2753 Жыл бұрын

Also for the ragù it's better to use tomato extract/tomato paste, too watery otherwise for a filling

@RotheAlien Жыл бұрын

@@nicolocapobianco3845 MANCAVANO I PISELLI sono così triste

@vaishnavikasturirangan8914 Жыл бұрын

as someone from South India, seeing rice being breaded and deep fried is terrifying and yet something I want to try maybe

@hellfish2309 Жыл бұрын

The rice is different texture than most recipes from India

@pacificcoastpiper3949 Жыл бұрын

Mochi is fun too. They pound it into a taffy like dough

@DrunkGeko Жыл бұрын

While i'm italian i'm not Sicilian so don't quote me on that as we don't make this recipe where i'm from but... Arancini as far as i know are mostly just a recipe you make to use leftover rice

@waffles4322 Жыл бұрын

As an American I can promise you, everything tastes better when it's deep fried ❤

@KentGoSuzuki Жыл бұрын

@@tynj4173 bruh, you’re from NJ and never had arancini balls?

@scottmyers6441 Жыл бұрын

I've had Arancini only once and it's tied to 2 memories. One is it was delicious and two getting lost on Sicily driving back from Agrigento right after eating it.

@TripleMMusic2014 Жыл бұрын

Vince AND Kendrick! This man really does have impeccable taste.

@Greenscyth22 Жыл бұрын

I use to get this a lot at a local family owned place I worked across the street from. You always had to call ahead so they had time to make it, and it always hit the spot.

@CheeseWithMold Жыл бұрын

Tried making these with leftover risotto a couple days ago. Definitely a bit tough to get the size and frying time right to make sure the inside is hot when you go to eat it.

@PhonesHQ Жыл бұрын

Once you get that nice golden brown color on the outside, you can bring the interior to temp in an oven. That's always how I've done it.

@marcpeterson1092 Жыл бұрын

I make mine smaller and with just cheese inside.

@lemonzest8650 Жыл бұрын

@@marcpeterson1092 That just sounds like cheese balls

@reallysprin Жыл бұрын

@@PhonesHQ Mind Blown

@thedripdrop9826 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite dishes! Worked with a chef that made osso buco arancini. They were amazing!

@junkers38 Жыл бұрын

You made Arancini as part of the Risotto basics episode years ago, and I still use that guide to make my risotto

@NadiaSeesIt Жыл бұрын

It's okay for him to make dedicated videos for things and you can use what you prefer. Your comment isn't really necessary

@kaelynsung8227 Жыл бұрын

@@NadiaSeesIt I don’t think their comment was meant to be critical

@_waymin Жыл бұрын

@@NadiaSeesIt mad for what

@RoseRedRoseWhite Жыл бұрын

@@NadiaSeesIt irony...

@junkers38 Жыл бұрын

@@kaelynsung8227 it wasn’t

@D71219ONE Жыл бұрын

This is like the forbidden onigiri. 🍙

@troger6895 Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I thought! Italian onigiri

@bobbobson2291 Жыл бұрын

Forbidden jelly filled doughnut

@stefanozappella6284 Жыл бұрын

(Im italian) "And if my grandma had wheels she would have been a bike"

@gyrozeppeli7813 Жыл бұрын

Blursed onigiri

@alexbrewer4570 Жыл бұрын

Italian onigiri made from a Scotsman's description.

@arynphillips5888 Жыл бұрын

He didn't....eat it. I'm so used to him trying the food and telling us how it tastes.

@niel89 Жыл бұрын

I'm so wildly disappointed too. I wanted to at least know how the flavors or textures turned out. He burns himself then transitions to an ad and it just end. There's no payoff.

@octane2001 Жыл бұрын

Arancini is probably my favorite. My step-grandfather is Sicilian and was a chef. The basic ragu was how he made his (though his arancini were always round, not the cone shape). One thing he did was add a cube of cheese into the rice. It wasn't mixed in or distributed through the rice, but it was nice to find that chunk of cheese (I think it was parm) in the rice.

@sonofpears4691 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I’ve loved arancini ever since my trip to Italy a few years ago

@introvelo Жыл бұрын

Hi from Italy! Fun fact: "alla Norma" is probably connected to the opera play "La Norma" by Vincenzo Bellini who was born in Catania. One of the first time Nino Martoglio (a opera and theater director who also lived in Catania) ate pasta alla Norma (at the time was only pasta with eggplants, no specific name), the sauce was so spot on that he had exclaimed "It's a Norma!" like the famous opera play. From that point, the pasta condiment was call "alla Norma".

@DForDelecTable Жыл бұрын

These look awesome! Loved the cubecini 😄 I've been looking for more recipes that use aubergine, thank you! 😋

@KidKryptid Жыл бұрын

So something that I make every Christmas for family is rice pudding arancini. It's so tasty and highly suggest everyone try!

@dimmingstar Жыл бұрын

ooh like a dessert arancini, that's genius! :O

@Cobalt360Degrees Жыл бұрын

The cone-like ones look almost like Brazilian coxinha!! I would LOVE to see you guys do a coxinha episode one day. Not enought Americans know about them but they seem right up y'all's alley!

@Bynokie Жыл бұрын

I love Arancini. I worked in a restaurant that made them fresh everyday for an appetizer. We used a more puck shaped design which made it easier to store in layers for the day and made the filling easier to bring to temp. To this day, still my favorite way to enjoy Risotto.

@nosrah9660 Жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of working in a kitchen

@MitridatedCarbon Жыл бұрын

Finally, I love ARANCINE with butter, Ragu, spinach, I can't get enough of ARANCINE. Great video BTW.

@SCP_Void_7274 Жыл бұрын

Mi dispiace... Potresti ripetere quel che hai detto? Sicuramente volevi dire ARANCINI. Sai... come ARANCINO...

@justhemald8486 Жыл бұрын

@@SCP_Void_7274 Esplodi nerd😂

@SCP_Void_7274 Жыл бұрын

@@justhemald8486 Vabbe

@mauroktd Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the inevitable sicilian feud over Arancino/a

@justhemald8486 Жыл бұрын

@@mauroktd fr

@basicchannel3234 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you make a banquet of food for early Thanksgiving! Like the Other Mother's Dinner from Coraline or Royal Dinner from Shrek 2

@Pinup-witch Жыл бұрын

Any of the other mother's food would be cool to see.

@black_rabbit_0f_inle805 Жыл бұрын

You'd have to end it with buttons.

@asdrubalvect6328 Жыл бұрын

"Since I'm already deviating with my Cubecini...might as well go Panko, amirite?" Ghaccio: *Enraged screaming*

@davidheidler9661 Жыл бұрын

Babish a kendrick fan? Dudes got amazing music taste

@MrPhilsterable Жыл бұрын

Arancini is that appetizer I order whenever I see it. So wonderful.

@GussyMate Жыл бұрын

Wow, yesterday I sat in Bergamo and bought an Arancini for the first time. It was beautiful. Now I'm at home in the UK and about to make one. Thanks Babish.

@skore9975 Жыл бұрын

I love arancini. My family's recipe for Christmas uses low moisture mozz, ricotta, fresh parsley, oregano, and thyme, Calabrian chili, and the most crucial ingredient: 'nduja. Fantastic filling.

@jokerproduction Жыл бұрын

I love rice balls so much. If you put hard boiled eggs in them you're a monster.

@billywillaims293 Жыл бұрын

I'm something of a monster myself.

@TheRealMinotaur667 Жыл бұрын

Your face is a monster. I'll put hard-boiled eggs in anything I like thanks. Nay, I'll put them into MORE things just because of you. Food is very much like music. Everyone's tastes are different, but just because some people like something that you don't, doesn't make it an affront to your standards. Nor does it work the other way around. Put simply: If you don't like something, that's okay. But don't force your standards onto others and expect peace. 😉

@William_Bryant Жыл бұрын

As someone from the South, seeing rice being rolled into a ball and fried makes me crave hushpuppies.

@tralph283 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite comfort food of all time ! My nonna and my mom use to make these all the time for me when I was young. I've had them with all kinds of different fillings. My favorite is Al Burro topped with marinara and parmigiano reggiano . No matter the filling every bite for me is filled with nostalgia and memories of simpler times.

@BernardTicToc Жыл бұрын

I attempted making these a couple years ago and it left me balled in the fetal position on my kitchen flour after I failed miserably. Perhaps this is a sign to try again

@michaelinterbartolo3 Жыл бұрын

The best arancini is on the boat from Messina to Sicily. I make the meat, peas, cheese version from time to time for my kids. For best size and portion control I use a large silicone mold for those hot cocoa bombs that have been popular the past few holidays

@ConfuseTheMasses Жыл бұрын

A little tip for anyone who wants to make these. Sometimes when my family makes them with ham and mozzarella (no bechamel, we aren't fancy) we simply mix them into the cooked risotto instead of putting them in the center. It's faster, easier to get consistent melting, and tastes exactly the same.

@TheRealMinotaur667 Жыл бұрын

Bechamel isn't fancy, friend. It's nasty though. Most things that use it, can be better with something else haha

@msmorgendorffer Жыл бұрын

Delighted to see this series back!

@moisesremusmajan6225 Жыл бұрын

6:24 that what you get when you hold on a hot rice for far too long.

@DinoRomano Жыл бұрын

Not 100% correct...but MUCH MORE correct than any other replica recipe I've seen in the U.S.A. ! ! Superb.

@christoskazoulis6558 Жыл бұрын

You should have tried them to describe the taste

@beda1750 Жыл бұрын

I've never been THIS early to see a Babish video, awesome!

@0b3rz0nK Жыл бұрын

I love to have you back. And this comes in time, because my failures to make „solid“ arrancinis have bugged me a lot, made me even question my absolutely universally celebrated Risotto that I used as leftovers. Funny I also failed to „schnitzel“ them correctly, despite being german I just rolled them in breadcrumbs.

@mustyfart4779 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see a basics episode with Vánočka! A traditional Czech sweet bread that gets baked for Christmas !! :)

@kiwano1 Жыл бұрын

Love the sacrifice for the art at the end. Your finger burns were worth the beautiful cheese strings.

@scottboyle4596 Жыл бұрын

When I lived in Sicily outside Catania, the best food in the area was at petrol stations. Arancini and panini shops. Just amazing

@Morrigan206 Жыл бұрын

They look beautiful and delicious! Just one thing though: in Italy, the rice used for the Arancini is almost always flavoured with saffron! Also, there are many variations for the stuffing, and the most popular one (and my personal favourite) is with ham and cheese

@SheyD78 Жыл бұрын

Those are so much larger than the arancini I've seen at local eateries, but then I've only ever had them as entrees. I like the sound of the al buro though, can't go wrong with ham and cheese.

@narendramodiboss Жыл бұрын

Hey, this is so fun! I loved this Arancini recipe, it's my favorite Italian dish!

@majintab7710 Жыл бұрын

Very important, the milk for the Beschamel needs to be at least at room temperature, if not warm

@rachelherrera1094 Жыл бұрын

Im living in Sicily, Italy right now. One of my favorite treats is the spinach arincini. These look amazing!

@uarthchylde Жыл бұрын

6:24 most relatable part of the video to me.

@thomasdelege2382 Жыл бұрын

I went to Sicily for two weeks in september. I stuffed my face with arancini every day. This stuff is to die for.

@lomanic8573 Жыл бұрын

Counting this as an unofficial Binging episode for The White Lotus S2

@glich86 Жыл бұрын

One of my few childhood nostalgia memories is visting my dads childhood italian bakery hed frequent to get meatball sandwiches and rice balls! Love arancini so much

@tripleverbosity Жыл бұрын

My favorite Arancini I’ve had was in Naples. Instead of rice they used bucatini and was mixed with a bechamel, peas, and ham. Amazing.

@rossellacarson424 Жыл бұрын

That's what we call 'frittatina di pasta', which translate with pasta omelette. it's basically what we do with leftovers.

@jacobe4538 Жыл бұрын

Your voice just makes your cooking so much better! Keep it up Babish!

@BlowUpTheOutsideWorld Жыл бұрын

I'VE BEEN CRAVING THOSE ALL WEEK

@marcpeterson1092 Жыл бұрын

I notice they didn't join the clean plate club.

@huds0niangaming508 Жыл бұрын

That looks amazing

@fireborn Жыл бұрын

My Italian mother-in-law threw my phone because of the cube. Thank you Babish! I got a new phone that I didn’t have to pay for!

@kalliste01 Жыл бұрын

"Grate a lil of my very favourite, half a teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg" - Townsends, is that you?

@dwerical Жыл бұрын

This is just so fascinating honestly

@dr.whippersnatch7200 Жыл бұрын

Had these for the first time the other day! What a surprise seeing them here!

@Zelmel Жыл бұрын

Talking about doing the arborio "wrong" reminds me of the America's Test Kitchen risotto recipe that adds all the stock at once and breaks tons of other "rules" about making risotto. Apparently it comes out just fine even without all the fussy steps.

@nextchancenow7153 Жыл бұрын

That Bay Leaf was ready to fulfill its purpose. Salute.

@marcoforza8077 Жыл бұрын

It’s arancine

@llkk2810 Жыл бұрын

Non portiamo questa guerra anche all'estero

@yami-kay9099 Жыл бұрын

Love the way he showed his personality here. Great video

@BurtonJohnson Жыл бұрын

The cheese pull on an arancini tesseract would be, like, a four dimensional cheese pull. Don't get me started on my stuffed crust universe theory.

@duckduckgoose3496 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of boudin. Meat and rice rolled into balled and then fried. In boudin though the meat veggies and rice are balled up together and then dipped in flour and fried. I think it's a cajun thing? I've seen something similar in the latin/carribean island areas though. It's amazing how food is the same thing but slightly different regionally.

@Cunnysmythe Жыл бұрын

I could have sworn I take up an old video on arancini before Thanks for the al burro recipe, was looking for a very high calorie filling for my dad

@diiimbro Жыл бұрын

You really did research a lot, thank you from Sicily ❤

@DianeH2038 Жыл бұрын

my favorite is arancini al telefono (with mozzarella in the middle, so it pulls apart into strings) with a side of arrabiata sauce for dipping. nom.

@Minato1337 Жыл бұрын

In preparation for christmas, do the nordic "risgrynsgröt", that would be fun!

@adrianmorris1068 Жыл бұрын

I might give these a try.

@Timmah200 Жыл бұрын

It feels like a long time since the last basics? Glad it's back.

@DhanZ.- Жыл бұрын

in my country this food is similar to "Combro" in terms of cooking method and shape, maybe the difference is in the main ingredient where our people usually use cassava to replace the rice dough that you make. if you are interested in making it you can search the internet for the full details.😁👍

@journeyoflife9159 Жыл бұрын

It's like icli kofte with normal rice. I would suggest using broken rice since it would be easier to shape

@Megmeg123 Жыл бұрын

My Sicilian roots are so proud right now haha. Arancini is my fave! Eggplant is a bit strange in my experience…usually we just do rice, a simple ragu (some meat and sauce) and cheese! And maybe some peas lol. And then we use a specific cone-shaped arancini mold.

@alexiatrani786 Жыл бұрын

My Sicilian roots are a bit sad rn that he's using a béchamel which is the most un-southern italian thing he could do

@Megmeg123 Жыл бұрын

Okay yes that too 😂 I was like…bechamel? What now?! 😆

@30Huckleberry Жыл бұрын

First thing I had in Rome. Ask the waiter what I should get. Fell in love at the first bite.

@placeholder4020 Жыл бұрын

It’s babishin time

@ashakydd1 Жыл бұрын

This is definitely one of those recipes that I'd just rather go out and pay someone to make instead of cooking myself.

@mdumagutla4292 Жыл бұрын

The soundtrack in the background is what always gets me.

@nadiasullivan1087 Жыл бұрын

I'm so so SO happy there's a non tomato-based recipe! As someone who would easily say spaghetti is their favorite meal, developing a tomato allergy a few years ago has still been a massive adjustment. I was worried at the first two recipes, but when you introduced the béchamel sauce I was so excited! And happy that I can actually make and enjoy these.

@khoward5324 Жыл бұрын

A restaurant in my city makes kimchi Arancini balls and they are ✨PERFECTION✨

@garbagecan755 Жыл бұрын

I could just feel the angry Nona energy exude from the screen when he cubed that arancini.

@9liveslisa Жыл бұрын

Those look fabulous! They remind me of piroshki kind of!

@booknamebasis Жыл бұрын

Babish somehow predicted my thoughts 🤯 I was literally thinking “Oh, if I made this, I’d try to make a cube!” and then he MAKES A CUBE

@therodentis Жыл бұрын

First time i tried arancini was in a festival in riccione, and i need to try them again.

@QueenKGBean Жыл бұрын

It would be so fun to see a collab with Vincenzo's Plate, I think you'd love cooking together!

@karolicker2 Жыл бұрын

Chef John be shedding some tears at those breadcrumbed fingers, andrew. I can sense them form here...

@19main89 Жыл бұрын

This is my fav everytime I go to Italy

@Leopardfoot01 Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been here early enough to see like 10 ppl in the comments section wow. Anyways thank you for showing us more unique recipes Andrew!

@AfterCovidthefoodchannnel Жыл бұрын

Woow amazing the arancini that you make friend! Really like how you prepare it! Excellent work! 🦇

@ladyred7378 Жыл бұрын

Scotch eggs I make them all the time you flatten it then add filling and shape around the filling.

@ajanimation8239 5 ай бұрын

Here's an idea, make Arancini with pepperoni, salami, tomato sauce and mozzarella cubes. Pizzacini.

@caseystrawn3228 Жыл бұрын

Babi, I fully expect to see you on a Gordon Ramsay cooking show soon. Watching you evolve over the years, I think you're ready. I daresay you've earned chef.

@Krausam Жыл бұрын

XD nice with the cube one. when i make german potato dumplings, i make sometimes also some irregular shapes. to please or irritate some friends. Pyramid, cubes, logs and other ones.

@lucaswife 8 ай бұрын

I'm attempting a langoustine scampi and goat cheese filling with white truffle drizzle tomorrow

@pedropaulo5600 Жыл бұрын

This made me remember a tweet where a brazilian in Italy warned other brazilians that altough the cone shaped arancini looked like coxinhas they defnetly were not lol