Danish Christmas Rice Pudding

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cups whole milk
• 1 cup cooked rice, medium grain
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 whole eggs, lightly beaten
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• 1 whole almonds
• 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract or 1 split vanilla bean
• 2 cinnamon sticks

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325â°f.
• 2 put milk, eggs, rice, sugar and salt into baking dish (nice glass cooking bowl or dish) and place in a hot water bath.
• 3 at the top of custard, add a few dashes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract. add vanilla bean (if using) and cinnamon stick.
• 4 cover and cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally. remove vanilla bean and cinnamon stick after one hour of cooking. pudding is done when rice is soft and custard is set (a slight jiggle).
• 5 remove lid for the last 10 minutes of cooking to give a light golden color.
• 6 put an almond in the rice pudding just before serving: according to the old danish legend, whoever finds the almond at christmas will have series of lucky adventures.
• 7 serve warm or cold with whipped cream.