Rice Pudding with Prunes
Easy rice pudding recipe….
Rice Pudding has become a bit of a favourite of mine in recent years, as a child I detested it, I blame it on my school days. I was, quite literally force-fed sago, pudding, semolina and rice pudding by irate sports teachers who used their stopwatches to time our lunch breaks.
Those dreadful lunches scared me for life, to this day I can smell the boiled cabbage, feel the sense of dread when the ‘dessert’ would arrive and remember feeling blessed for my Mother’s ability to cook proper homemade food.
Rice pudding is worthy of a second look so here’s a recipe which I’ve enhanced with the addition of plump, delicious prunes which have soaked in an orange stock syrup. I find infusing the milk with finely grated orange zest really gives the pudding a wonderful lift.
Recipe for Rice Pudding
225g (8oz) Short-grain rice
1.2 litres (2pints) Milk
100g (4oz) Caster sugar
2 Cloves
1 Star Anise
Zest of one orange finely grated
Pitted Prunes soaked in stock syrup
Combine all of the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil, stir regularly. Simmer gently until the rice is cooked. Remove the spices. Place hot pudding in ramekin, arrange prunes over the top and push gently into the pudding. Sprinkle the top with Demerara sugar and place under a hot grill until caramelised.
Rice Pudding with Prunes
Miles,
One of our top sellers is a lavender rice pudding mix…. there’s also what they call a Seville which is similar to yours, and chocolate versions. Retail price is quite high so making your own makes sense plus you can alter the quantities to suit. It would never have occurred to me to buy in a dry pre-mixed rice pudding but yet again it just goes to show that there are people out there who like the convenience or lack the confidence to put one together at home.
Like the addition of prunes and the caramelizing, nice touch.
Cid
March 10, 2010 @ 2:32 pm
Cid,
Haven’t heard of that, but flavouring the dry rice is certainly an option, I’d probably go for a touch of cinnamon or star anise.
Miles
March 10, 2010 @ 4:14 pm
Chef,
I’ll give you this one - when I saw the title and started to read I was going to say ‘it’s garbage’ but actually it doesn’t look too bad
March 10, 2010 @ 7:29 pm
Rod,
Thanks….I think!!
Miles
March 10, 2010 @ 8:18 pm