Greek style rice pudding
Greek style rice pudding

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, greek style rice pudding. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Greek style rice pudding is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Greek style rice pudding is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Greek rice pudding is simple, comforting, and delicious. Some people in Greece make it with eggs, but my aunt prefers without. Best enjoyed cold - if you can wait that long! Greek rice pudding (rizogalo) is a no butter, egg-free traditional Greek recipe, which looks more like a thick custard than a pudding and is flavored with vanilla, lemon peel or orange zest.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek style rice pudding using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek style rice pudding:
  1. Make ready 1.5 cups Italian style rice
  2. Get 1-2 cups water
  3. Make ready 1.5 litres milk
  4. Get 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar or to your liking
  5. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
  6. Take 2 cinnamon sticks
  7. Get Ground cinnamon for topping

It gets its name, rizogalo, from its two main ingredients—rice (rizi) and milk (gala). The sweet pudding shows its Greek roots with a hint of citrus thanks to the piece of lemon rind added when cooking the rice. Place milk, sugar and lemon peel (just the peel - none of the pith) in a heavy saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar melts.

Instructions to make Greek style rice pudding:
  1. Firs wash the rice vigorously in a strainer
  2. Now add the water in a pot and add water till it covers the rice about one inch above and boil at low heat till the water is almost evaporated from the pot
  3. In another bigger pot add the milk and bring it to a boil at medium low heat
  4. Now that the water is starting to boil add the rice,cinnamon sticks,vanilla and sugar make sure the rice goes in with the left over water it will help so the milk will not rise
  5. Cook at low closer to medium heat stirring constantly so the rice doesn’t stick for close to 45 min you will notice the starch will start making the pudding thicker
  6. Now it’s ready poor it in small bowls and enjoy

Place milk, sugar and lemon peel (just the peel - none of the pith) in a heavy saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar melts. Reduce heat to low and add the rice. Add this mixture to the pot and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the pudding starts to bubble. Rice pudding made from an ancient family recipe with only a few simple ingredients..

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