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Portuguese Rice Pudding is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Portuguese Rice Pudding is something that I have loved my entire life.
Portuguese Rice Pudding (Arroz Doce) Portuguese rice pudding, or Arroz Doce, is one of the most popular and traditional desserts in. It is a unique dish with simple ingredients which are combined to create a deliciously sweet and creamy egg based rice pudding. When most people think of rice pudding, they think of that dessert that is found in the glass refrigerated cabinets in diners―a cold, white pudding in a stemmed glass with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top. But the Portuguese version is different and, in fact, if you translate it into English it actually means "sweet rice." Portuguese Rice Pudding, Arroz Doce, is a traditional Portuguese dessert recipe made with cooked rice, sugar, milk, eggs, cinnamon, and lemon peel.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have portuguese rice pudding using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Portuguese Rice Pudding:
- Make ready 1 L 3% (Homogenized) milk
- Get 1 L Water
- Prepare 1/4 lb Butter (unsalted preferably)
- Take 2 tsp Salt
- Make ready Sliced zest of small lemon (count pieces of zest to ensure that all are removed later)
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup Arborio or Carolina Rice, soaked in water
- Make ready 1 cup + 3 TBS white sugar
- Make ready 6 Egg Yolks
- Take Cinnamon (for garnish)
Instructions: Bring water and milk to a boil with the lemon rind and salt on medium high. Arroz doce is a traditional rice-based desert known to many across Portugal. Although arroz doce can be directly translated as sweet rice. It's better known as rice pudding for our English speakers, and milchreis for the German speakers.
Steps to make Portuguese Rice Pudding:
- Cover with water and soak the rice in a small bowl (not the same water as below) and set aside.
- Combine milk, water, butter, salt and lemon in a large pot. Be sure to count pieces of zest to ensure that all are removed later.
- Bring contents of pot just to a boil using medium heat.
- When milk boils drain the rice from step one and add it to milk.
- LISTEN VERY CAREFULY - IMPORTANT STEP!!! Stir a couple of times to mix then leave on LOWEST heat WITHOUT STIRRING until rice grains come to the top of liquid, it will look almost solid. This takes at least 1 hour and maybe longer depending on the kind of rice used. Test to see that the rice is soft. If not, leave a bit longer.
- Remove pieces of lemon zest.
- Add Sugar and stir pot for 2 to 3 minutes to dissolve
- Lightly beat and add 6 egg yolks
- At this point start stirring constantly until mixture thickens and looks creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Pour into a large heatproof dish or several smaller dishes, sprinkle with cinnamon and let cool.
Although arroz doce can be directly translated as sweet rice. It's better known as rice pudding for our English speakers, and milchreis for the German speakers. Essentially though, it's a bowl of sweet and creamy rice made with sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and lemon peel. A traditional dessert from Portugal, Arroz Doce, is served even on Christmas Eve. This Portuguese Rice Pudding will give you that perfect balance of comfort and deliciousness.
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