Baked Custard Style Rice Pudding Recipe
- 6 c. (1 1/2 qts) lowfat milk
- 1 c. Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 x Vanilla bean, split
- 2 tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 2/3 c. Long-grain white rice
- 1 lrg Egg
- 2 lrg Egg yolks
- 1/2 c. Raisins Grnd cinnamon, for sprinkling
- 1.
- Rinse a heavy saucepan with cool water; leave wet.
- Place 4 c. of the lowfat milk, the sugar, salt and vanilla bean in the pan (if using vanilla extract, don't add in it now).
- Cover and bring slowly to a boil.
- Stir in the rice with a large fork.
- Cover and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, till the rice is quite tender, about 40 min.
- Remove the vanilla bean; scrape the seeds into the rice mix and stir in.
- 2.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F, with a rack in the center.
- Butter a 12-inch oval pudding or possibly gratin dish or possibly other large shallow baking dish.
- In a bowl, beat the egg, egg yolks and the remaining 2 c. lowfat milk till combined (if you are using vanilla extract, add in it now).
- Add in this mix and the raisins to the rice and stir to combine.
- Pour into the prepared baking dish.
- Set the baking dish in a roasting pan, and place in the oven.
- Pour sufficient warm tap water into the roasting pan to reach about halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
- 3.
- Bake for 25 min.
- Stir the pudding gently with a fork to redistribute the rice.
- Bake for another 25 min.
- Stir again; lightly sprinkle the surface of the pudding with the cinnamon.
- Bake till the top of the pudding has crusted over lightly and is spotted with gold; the pudding should still be slightly liquid, another 25 min.
- (The total baking time is about 1 1/4 hrs.
- The timing can vary based on the depth and size of the baking dish; don't overbake.)
- 4.
- Remove the pudding from the water bath and cold on a wire rack.
- Serve lukewarm or possibly slightly chilled.
- Both recipes are from _Classic Home Desserts_ by Richard Sax.
milk, sugar, salt, vanilla bean, vanilla, longgrain white rice, egg, egg yolks, raisins
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/baked-custard-style-rice-pudding-74553 (may not work)