Name: Cauliflower Arancini
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 34 min
Ingredients: 40 squirts fry light spray; 1 small cauliflower (grated); 1 egg (lightly whisked); ¼ tsp garlic salt; 50 g cheddar cheese (grated); 1 tbsp olive oil; salt and pepper; 45 g of Boursin cheese; 50 g panko breadcrumbs

Cauliflower the wonder veg strikes again! Is there no end to the usefulness of this normally bland and slightly stinky vegetable? These little Cauliflower Arancini bites stuffed with creamy boursin cheese and coated in crispy breadcrumb. YES PLEASE!

Cauliflower Arancini filled with creamy boursin cheese. Quicker and healthier than regular arancini. Baked rather than fried.

Cauliflower pizza crust? Not bad. I’ve yet to perfect this.

Coriander cauliflower rice (with thai prawns)? Sooo good

Creamy cauliflower soup? AM-A-ZING

And now, we have crispy, garlicky, creamy arancini. Ok, hands up, they’re not perfect little spheres. They probably could have been if I’d have to chosen to fry these like regular rice arancini, however, these are baked. Which means way less oil. In fact this whole batch only uses 1 tbsp of olive oil and 40 squirts of fry light. In my opinion, that completely paves the way for me to fill these little cauliflower bites with creamy boursin cheese and coat them in crispy breadcrumbs. Sounds calorific, but we’re only looking at 76 calories per Cauliflower Arancini!

They’re a little messy to make, but the cauliflower doesn’t need any pre-cooking. So you can have them prepared in 20 minutes, and out of the oven 14 minutes later. No risotto making and overnight chilling required!

By themselves, hot out of the oven, these Cauliflower Arancini taste so good. If you fancy a bit of heat, you could also drizzle with a little sriracha.

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Cauliflower Arancini

By Nicky Corbishley

Cauliflower Arancini filled with creamy boursin cheese. Quicker and healthier than regular arancini. Baked rather than fried.

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 14

Total Time: 34

Servings: 11 Arancini

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 170c. and spray a large metal baking sheet with 7 squirts of fry light.
Take a large bowl and add in the grated cauliflower, egg, garlic salt, cheddar cheese and olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Stir to combine and put to one side.
Take your boursin cheese and chop into 11 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball – about the size of a small marble. Put to one side.
Add your panko breadcrumbs to a shallow bowl and season with salt and pepper.
Now you’re ready to put everything together. Take a tbsp. of the cauliflower mix in your hand, roll it into a ball and flatten it with your hand (it will be messy). Place a ball of boursin in the middle and wrap the cauliflower mixture around the boursin to create a ball. It’s quite sticky, but so long as the boursin is covered it will be fine. Roll the cauliflower ball in the panko breadcrumbs and place on the baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the mixture. You should end up with about 11 cauliflower balls.
Spray each ball with 3 squirts of fry light – so they’re nicely coated, and place in the oven to cook for 14 minutes – until golden brown.
Serve straightaway.

Notes

Nutritional Information is per arancini.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Nutritional info obtained from caloriecount.about.com per Cauliflower Arancini (recipe makes 11)

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