ARROZ DOCE – PORTUGUESE RICE PUDDINGRice, amazing rice.
One of the most amazing foods that nature has given to man is rice. It is a staple food that can be grown in most parts of the world and capable to help to stop world hunger. International Rice Research Institute says that half of world’s population depends on rice to live. It furnishes the body with many elements that makes it an ideal food where other food is not obtainable.
Rice is also one of the most versatile ingredients. It can adapt to any dish and is used in many different cultures for all types of meals. Therefore, rice is often served as base ingredient of a great selection of dessert recepies.
Arroz doce, a portuguese recepie, classified as a sweet rice or a rice pudding, is cooked entirely on top of the stove in a risotto like manner. Traditionally, it is thickened and enriched further with egg yolks but also gets a very soft texture even without them, as is usual in some regions of Portugal. If you try once, I think you will try twice or more… Let’s go!
One of the most amazing foods that nature has given to man is rice. It is a staple food that can be grown in most parts of the world and capable to help to stop world hunger. International Rice Research Institute says that half of world’s population depends on rice to live. It furnishes the body with many elements that makes it an ideal food where other food is not obtainable.
Rice is also one of the most versatile ingredients. It can adapt to any dish and is used in many different cultures for all types of meals. Therefore, rice is often served as base ingredient of a great selection of dessert recepies.
Arroz doce, a portuguese recepie, classified as a sweet rice or a rice pudding, is cooked entirely on top of the stove in a risotto like manner. Traditionally, it is thickened and enriched further with egg yolks but also gets a very soft texture even without them, as is usual in some regions of Portugal. If you try once, I think you will try twice or more… Let’s go!
YOU WILL NEED:
400 ml / 14 ¼ fl oz of water;
half coffee spoon of salt;
2 teaspoons of butter;
3 fresh lemon rinds (use a vegetable peeler for big pieces easier removal);
3 cinnamon sticks;
250 gr / 8 ¾ oz of rice (short grain white rice is the best for this purpose but you can use your usual cooking rice);
1 litre / 35 ¼ fl oz of milk;
250 gr / 8 ¾ oz of sugar;
4 egg yolks;
Ground cinnamon to garnish.
METHOD:
Use low fire in all steps.
1. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan;
2. Add salt, butter, lemon rinds and cinnamon sticks and cover for 2 minutes;
3. Add rice, stirring constantly until the water is absorbed;
4. Always stirring, add the milk, step by step in small portions, as in a risotto cooking manner (save some tablespoons of milk to mix with egg yolks and sugar);
5. Mix remaining milk with egg yolks and sugar;
6. Add this mix to the rice and keep on stirring for 5 minutes more;
7. Cut the fire and remove lemon rinds and cinnamon sticks;
8. Pour into one large serving plate and let it cool for 10 minutes (instead of a large serving plate, you can pour it into individual shallow cups;
9. decorate the top with ground cinnamon by pinching a bit between your fingers with your hand placed very near the rice or simply dust the entire top.
1. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan;
2. Add salt, butter, lemon rinds and cinnamon sticks and cover for 2 minutes;
3. Add rice, stirring constantly until the water is absorbed;
4. Always stirring, add the milk, step by step in small portions, as in a risotto cooking manner (save some tablespoons of milk to mix with egg yolks and sugar);
5. Mix remaining milk with egg yolks and sugar;
6. Add this mix to the rice and keep on stirring for 5 minutes more;
7. Cut the fire and remove lemon rinds and cinnamon sticks;
8. Pour into one large serving plate and let it cool for 10 minutes (instead of a large serving plate, you can pour it into individual shallow cups;
9. decorate the top with ground cinnamon by pinching a bit between your fingers with your hand placed very near the rice or simply dust the entire top.
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