SicilianItalian
Baked Rice Timballo
by Giallozafferano · 2.9M subscribers on YouTube
A baked rice timbale, a classic Italian comfort food. It features a simple tomato sauce with peas, layered with risotto, ham, mozzarella, and plenty of grated cheese. For an extra Sicilian touch, add hard-boiled eggs and fried eggplant.
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
10 items- Tomatofor the sauce
- Peas
- Baking Sodaa pinch
- Rice
- Brothhot
- Grated Cheeseplenty
- Prosciutto
- Mozzarella
- Hard-Boiled Egg(optional) — chopped, optional
- Fried Eggplant(optional) — fried, optional
Method
- Prepare a simple tomato sauce with peas. Add a pinch of bicarbonate to sweeten.
- In another pan, toast the rice without any seasoning, then add two ladles of the sauce. Stir and cook the risotto, adding hot broth as needed.
- 2 minutes before the end of cooking, turn off the heat. Season the rice with plenty of grated cheese.
- Put half of the rice into a baking dish. Enrich with more sauce, ham, mozzarella, and grated cheese.
- Cover with the remaining rice. Optionally, add chopped hard-boiled egg and fried eggplant for a super Sicilian version.
- Top with remaining cheese and sauce. Bake in a hot oven.
Giallozafferano
Professional chef2.9M subscribers on YouTube1.1B total channel viewsIl principale canale di ricette italiane dal 2009. Pubblicazioni giornaliere.
