In Italian these rice balls are known as ‘arancini’, so-called because of their similarity in shape and colour to oranges or ‘arance’. They are a dish from Sicily but are known world-wide thanks to the great emigration of Sicilians across the globe. Immigrants from Sicily often opened restaurants and takeaways overseas where they made these rice balls.
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