Flavoured Rice Pudding You Say

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups rice, , cooked
• 2 cups half-and-half cream
• 2 eggs, jumbo, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup sugar, brown
• 1 teaspoon lime zest, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, freshly ground
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
• 1 cup strawberry preserves, good quality
• 1 cup heavy cream (hot version)
• 1/4 cup candied pineapple, shredded (cold version)
• 1/8 cup coconut, toasted (cold version)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl stir the rice, half and half, eggs, raisins, 1/3 cup of the sugar, lime zest, cinnamon and nutmeg together.
• 3 lightly butter a 1 1/2 quart casserole or baking dish.
• 4 pour the rice mixture into prepared dish and sprinkle the remaining sugar on top.
• 5 bake 20 - 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
• 6 to serve hot version.
• 7 let cool slightly and just before serving, drizzle heavy cream on top and garnish with a large dollop of strawberry preserves.
• 8 to serve cold version.
• 9 cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until needed.
• 10 get a small bowl and place the strawberry preserves and shredded, candied pineapple together and gently mix.
• 11 in a parfait glass layer rice pudding, 1/8 cup of strawberry mixture, more rice pudding, another 1/8 cup of strawberry mixture and finally top with more rice pudding, garnishing with the toasted coconut.
• 12 chill until ready to serve.