Arancini
A golden-crusted Sicilian marvel where crispy meets creamy in a perfect risotto sphere
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— FrancescoFrancesco Di Salvia
Arancini are not “fried risotto balls.” That’s like saying your grandmother is “a woman who cooks.” Technically correct. Emotionally bankrupt. These things are intentional, leftover risotto is the start, not the reason. In eastern Sicily they make them cone-shaped, like Mount Etna. Western Sicily rounds them out.
— FrancescoFrancesco Di Salvia40 drawerspick one, it opens below
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Main · Bangkok, Thailand
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