November 2016 archive

Arancini – Deep Fried Rice Balls

AranciniYesterday when I posted my recipe for Butternut Squash Risotto With Roasted Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Pork Tenderloin — made with delicious pork tenderloin from Smithfield — I promised that I’d be back with a follow up that involved deep frying just in case you had any leftovers.

Arancini is a Sicilian dish consisting of stuffed rice balls — often filled with meat, sauce, mozzarella cheese and peas — that are coated in bread crumbs and deep fried. … CONTINUE READING »

Butternut Squash Risotto With Roasted Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Pork Tenderloin

Butternut Squash Risotto With Roasted Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Pork TenderloinWhat!? A blog post that doesn’t involve me deep frying something!? Yep, I’m going all fancy on you guys with this one, but what’s also really great about this recipe is how insanely simple it is.

For the past two years I’ve been working with Smithfield to create recipes using their various pork products.

In case you’ve missed them you can click here to check out all the different dishes I’ve come up with thus far, and for … CONTINUE READING »