If you want to know what I’m making for New Year’s Eve, THIS IS IT! I’m making Arancini (Italian Rice Balls). It’s another Italian tradition that went to the way side after my gluten free journey began and when the thought of frying one more thing seemed so daunting. This was WAY before the days of air fryers and WAY before I adapted our favorite family recipe to be able to be made in an air fryer. For me, this was revolutionary, because this was a part of my childhood I thought I would never have back.
Want to know the other thing we had every year growing up? My mom’s famous punch. And if you need a fun drink this new years this is it. You’ll need to make it a day or two ahead of time so it has time to freeze. The amounts are subjective because there was never a precise measurement of anything, I would just watch her poor it all together and stir. Below is what I use to make it.
Here’s all you need:
- 1 bottle of GF vodka (Tito’s is good if you can tolerate corn, or Chopin makes potato vodka)
- 1 big bottle of cranberry juice
- 1- 2 liter bottle of sprite (she used 7-up). Use what you are comfortable with.
- 1 can of frozen lemon concentrate
So here you go! 2 delicious things for New Years Eve. We will probably go see a movie and then get out our game jar and enjoying a game night together. I hope you all get to do something fun and safe too.
Below I also added a PDF printable version of the recipe if that works better for you. If you make the Arancini please share a photo in our Stay Gluten Free Community and let me know how they turned out.
Happy New Year! I can’t wait to see what 2022 has in store, hopefully all good things.
Paola
