Supplì

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Supplì is an Italian dish consisting of a ball of rice (generally in the form of risotto) and meat with tomato sauce bound together with eggs around a piece of mozzarella; the whole device is surrounded by breadcrumbs and then fried.

The supplì can be seen as a larger version of arancini, but with tomato sauce, or as a kind of croquette.

Some rather large supplì are usually cut in half and pulled apart before consumption, causing the mozzarella to become drawn out in a string somewhat resembling the cord connecting a telephone handset to the hook. This has led to these dishes being known as supplì al telefono.

Italian Americans make a supplì-like dish, but rather than deep-frying the balls, they are made into a soup usually known as soup with risotto. (See Italian-American cuisine)

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