My Favorite Rice Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Place rice, salt, and water into a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat; sprinkle with sugar and pour in milk. Stir with a whisk until until the thin layer of cooked-on starch at the bottom of the pan is cleared and incorporated into the mixture, 2 or 3 minutes.
• Place pan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until it reaches your desired of level of doneness and creaminess, 8 to 10 minutes. The longer it cooks, the thicker and stickier it will be. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and cinnamon. Very quickly whisk in the egg yolk (to prevent it from cooking). Whisk for about 1 more minute. Add butter and dried cherries; stir thoroughly.
• Transfer warm pudding to serving dishes. Cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, 3 to 4 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Heat the butter in a 4 quart saucepan. When frothy, add the rice and cook for 1 minute. Slowly add the milk, pinch of salt, sugar, vanilla and 1/2 of the cranberries and bring to under a boil. Transfer to a 9-inch square baking pan and set in the oven. Bake uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes, then bake undisturbed for another 30 minutes. Then stir in the remaining 1/2 of the cranberries and bake for another 30 minutes (for a total of 2 1/2 hours).
• Variations: you can to add heavy cream in the last 30 minutes of baking. Or if you want a crusty topping, reduce sugar to 1/4 cup. Once out of oven, crumble brown sugar and butter over the rice pudding and place under the broiler until melted and bubbly.

Steps:

• Combine the rice and 1 1/2 cups water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
• Add the coconut milk, brown sugar and salt to the rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and cook until the mixture is thick and creamy, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• Whisk together the evaporated milk and egg in a small bowl. Gradually add to the pudding, stirring until mixed. Cook 3 minutes to cook the eggs. Stir in the vanilla, cardamom, nutmeg and dates. Cook 1 minute. Divide the mixture evenly among bowls. Top with the mango and pistachios.

Steps:

• Beat eggs.
• Add milk, sugar, rice, eggs, butter, vanilla and salt to the eggs.
• Pour into buttered baking dish; sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until set.