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St. Joseph rice fritters recipe

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Resting Time12 hours
Total Time13 hours 10 minutes
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Tuscan recipes

Ingredients

  • 1,5 cups Originario Rice
  • 34 fluid oz. milk
  • 4 tbsp white caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 orange
  • 2 tbsp Sambuca or Rhum
  • 3 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 17 oz oil for frying
  • white caster sugar for coating
  • 0.5 oz baking powder for desserts

Instructions

The day before...

  • Zest the lemon and the orange, then squeeze out the orange juice into a glass. You will need zests and juice.
  • Place milk, sugar, lemon and orange zest into a saucepan and wait until the milk boils.
  • Add rice and cook it over low heat for about 30/40 minutes until rice and milk become a creamy dough. Blend with a wooden spoon avoiding that rice stick to the saucepan.
  • Pour the dough into a bowl, wait until it cools down, cover with a food wrap, and then place it in the fridge for the night (or few hours).

The day after...

  • Remove the bowl from the fridge, add the eggs, flour, orange juice, the baking powder for desserts, Sambuca (or rum) and mix well.
  • Heat the oil in a frying pan until hot. Check the temperature of the oil: drop a small quantity of dough into the oil. When little bubbles come around the dough, the oil is ready.
  • Use a teaspoon to get small fritters and drop them in the hot oil.
  • Turn doughnuts using two forks and wait until they are golden brown, and then drain them on a plate with a paper towel.
  • Coat doughnuts with sugar and serve right away.

Notes

Take note that rice needs to sit for a night or for a few hours before to use it. Enjoy!