Crock Pot Rice Pudding With Cherries And Almonds

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup arborio rice (see tips, below)
• 1/4 cup dried cherries (see tips)
• 2 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 cups milk (see tips)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• toasted sliced almonds (optional)
• whipped cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in prepared slow cooker greased stoneware, mix together sugar, rice, cherries, almonds, lemon zest and salt.
• 2 whisk together milk, eggs and almond extract, and stir into rice mixture.
• 3 cover and cook on high for 4 hours, until rice is tender and pudding is set.
• 4 serve warm, garnished with toasted almonds and whipped cream, if desired. serves 6.
• 5 tips:.
• 6 long-grain rice can be successfully used in this recipe, but the pudding will not be as creamy as one made with arborio rice.
• 7 use 1 cup fresh, pitted cherries in place of the dried cherries, if desired. or substitute an equal quantity of dried cranberries, instead.
• 8 for a rich pudding, use half milk and half cream.
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