Norwegian Rice Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Using a rolling pin, crush the cardamom seeds until very fine. Place the cardamom, milk, rice, and butter into a deep, heavy pan. While slowly stirring the milk mixture, cook over medium heat for 90 minutes. Lower the heat if necessary to prevent the milk from boiling or overheating. Stir in the sugar, and continue cooking until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes more.
• Pour the rice mixture into a serving bowl. Place 3 tablespoons butter on top, and allow to melt. Dust with cinnamon. Serve warm or cold.

Steps:

• Place the rice in a strainer and pour the boiling water over the rice. Drain well.
• Place the rice, milk and salt in a double boiler and cook, covered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until all is thick and creamy.
• Stir in the butter, sugar, almond extract, nutmeg and almonds.
• Serve warm or chilled, with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Boil water and add rice, cover and lower heat to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add milk and, if using them, the raisins or currants and vanilla and bring back to a boil.
• Cover, lower heat and simmer until the rice is tender, about 20-30 minutes.
• Season with salt.
• Serve with butter, milk, sugar and cinnamon.
• For a sweeter rice try adding 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar with the milk.

Steps:

• Cook rice, salt, and milk in double boiler until rice is soft and mixture is thick - about 1 1/2 hours.
• Add sugar and almond extract. Chill.
• Add all almonds.
• Stir in whipped cream.
• ** A favorite at Christmas, the person who receives the whole almond receives a special gift (often a marzipan pig).

Steps:

• For the pudding: Heat the milk, cream and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Heat until just barely simmering, then remove from the heat.
• Meanwhile, melt the 10 tablespoons butter in a medium pot. Sprinkle the flour evenly over the butter and cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture browns lightly and smells nutty, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Gradually ladle the warm milk mixture into the pot, whisking constantly, until incorporated and the mixture comes to a visible simmer and thickens, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
• For the spiced sugar: Combine the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl and stir. Set aside.
• Serve the pudding warm, drizzled with melted butter and a generous sprinkling of the spiced sugar.

Steps:

• Boil noodles in salted water until just barely tender. Strain the noodles and rinse with cold water; place in bowl.
• Melt the butter and put half in a large casserole or baking dish, coating the sides and bottom.
• Preheat oven to 350° and place the empty dish in the oven.
• Add cinnamon, raisins, sugar, salt and almond extract to the noodles.
• In a separate bowl, beat eggs; add milk and beat again until well blended.
• Add to the noodles with the remainder of the melted butter. Stir well.
• Pour into the heated casserole dish and bake until the top is golden brown, 1 hour or longer.