The Libutti Family Italian Recipes

ARANCINI FILLING: ½ lb ground meat ½ cup peas ½ small onions 2 Tbsp. Tomato paste ¼ cup water 2 Tbsp. Sugar Salt and pepper to taste PREFERED FILLING: Make or buy an Italian meat sauce. Get about a pound of top sirloin stake (or something like that) Lightly brown meat. Then add to the Italian sauce. It needs to be completely submerged in the sauce. Cook in the sauce until the meat flakes with a fork. If necessary you can then cut through the shredded meet to make sure there are no long shreds of meat. Put aside for the rice ball assembly. ARANCINI RICE: 2 cups of dry rice (Uncle Bens long grain rice) 2 cubes / ½ lb. of butter 1 large or 2 medium eggs 1 Cup Parmesan cheese ¼ Cup Gruyere cheese ½ gal. Vegetable oil Bread crumbs 4 ½ cups of water 4 tbsp. of butter Small green peas INSTRUCTIONS: Cook rice in water and 4 tbsp. of butter for about 25 minutes, until water is gone and rice is just a little gummy. Bring to a boil then simmer. Then add the 2 cubes of butter to hot ...

½ lb. lean ground beef ½ lb. ground pork. 1 tsp. finely chopped parsley. ½ clove of garlic 1 loaf white bread 3 large eggs 2 cups of Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs 8 ounces Precious Mozzarella Whole Piece ½ cup of olive oil 3 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated Salt and pepper to taste One small package of 9" size wooden skewers Stack 4 slices of bread at a time on a cutting board and cut the bread crusts off. Take the bread crusts and tear into small pieces, enough to make one cup. Cut the bread without the crust into 1” squares and set aside for later use. You will need to cut more 1” squares as you assemble the spedini. Eventually you may slice up most of the loaf of bread for this recipe. In a medium size bowl mix the ground beef and ground pork, 1 egg, bread pieces (take 1 cup of bread pieces and soak in water and squeeze dry), 1 tbsp parmesan cheese, ½ clove of garlic, 1 tsp of finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper to taste. This is easier if mixed with your hands...