Yes, you read right. KETO Arancini Balls.
It has taken me many years to create this recipe for Keto Arancini Balls, but not because it’s particularly hard.
I was genuinely scared of it.
I thought it would be impossible, my kitchen would end up a mess of cauliflower, cheese and basil and I would be too scared to ever try again.
I thought to get delicious Keto Arancini Balls I would have to spend hours trying to delicately shallow fry the balls so they wouldn’t fall apart.
Instead, by oven baking them but coating them in spray olive oil, they get deliciously crispy without all that hard work!
I bought one of these little oil misters a while back and put my favourite olive oil in it, rather than buying the cans constantly. It works a treat.
I was also scared that you couldn’t have Keto Arancini Balls without making some super complicated cauliflower risotto first, like real arancini balls.
Well, none of that was true! My fears were unfounded.
TA DA – They are actually quite easy to make!
The hardest thing is probably grating the cauliflower to get cauliflower rice. This is why I ALWAYS use my food processor.
I’ve seen cauliflower rice in the shops recently too, but it looks a bit chunkier than how I make my cauliflower rice.
If you’re using store bought cauli rice for these Keto Arancini Balls, I’d maybe cook them a little longer.
I use a pre-shredded mozzarella for this recipe as well as it tends to be a bit dryer, so is great for recipes like this where it needs to hold everything together but still be gooey and stringy at the end.
Look at that stringy cheese.
Serving these Keto Arancini Balls with passata makes for a delicious, filling meal, but some passata or marinara sauces can be higher in carbs or sugar so always check your nutritional label.
If in doubt, serve it with a home made tomato sauce.
This is my recipe for home made tomato sauce if you would like to make your own.
There’s also some great Keto Marinara Sauce recipes out there, here’s one I like.
This recipe was created after I put a call out on my facebook page for recipe requests, and one person asked for Keto Arancini Balls.
There’s something about getting a recipe request that fires me on, so I spent the next few days perfecting this recipe just for the person that requested it.
If you’ve got a recipe you’re dying to have a Keto version of and can’t find anywhere let me know! I love a challenge.
Wait until you see what the next few weeks have coming up.
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This recipe perfectly serves 4 for a lighter meal like lunch or brunch, and makes around 12 – 14 balls depending on the size.
You could easily make 20 or so smaller balls, just watch them in the oven as they’ll cook faster. This would be a perfect dish for entertaining as well.
Enjoy! Yield:4 Prep Time:20 minutes Cook Time:25 minutes Total Time:45 minutes Deliciously cheesy and easier than you think, these Keto Arancini Balls are to die for. One serve will be about 7 - 10 net carbs depending on the cheese and passata you use. Yield: 4Serving Size: 1 gramsKeto Arancini Balls - 3 Cheese Flavour
Ingredients
Arancini Balls
Crumb
To Serve
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 404Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 11gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 146mgSodium: 1454mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 5gSugar: 6gProtein: 21g