Sometimes, you just need something hot and delicious.
I made myself rice pudding on one of those days recently, and of course, when I told my friend, she laughed at me. Aren’t those the days when you just grab the jar of Nutella and go to town on it with a spoon?
I suppose… maybe. Anyone who knows me well knows I’m not a huge fan of chocolate. Besides… I love idly stirring as something as wonderful as rice pudding comes together (which anyone who knows how to make risotto can make: it’s another one of those “add liquid and stir ’til it looks right recipes.) Just melt 2 parts butter to 1 part sugar in a saucepan. Add 4 parts arborio rice, and toast in the butter. And then, it’s stirring time: add warm milk flavored with vanilla by the ladleful until it’s is creamy and delicious, with toothsome grains and a thick, white pudding. Stir a little more butter in, and maybe some cinnamon, and that’s it: you have your snack.
Now I’m not saying there aren’t days for the Nutella pot, but there are also definitely days for hot, delicious (wow… almost went Giada there and said decadent… now you know how good this stuff is) rice pudding.
Now I’m sitting at my desk, and am starving! Although the only thing that puts me off rice pudding is the skin that forms on it, so you have to eat this stuff really quickly…such a shame!
Dylan
No butter in the rice puddings we make here, but here’s the rub: we top it liberally with condensed milk! Yum! THAT’S a skin!
Rice pudding’s one of my favorite things! Of course, I need it totally unhealthy – baked in the oven like a custard. And I’ll fight you for that skin.
Have you tried making sweet pongal? If you like rice puddings and risottos, you’ll probably like pongal. I use maple syrup instead of jaggery, which is completely incorrect, but yummy.
God I love rice pudding. Raisins or none, cinnamon or not, it’s a great comfort food.
Nice to meet someone else who doesn’t love chocolate..
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