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🍽️ Classic Rice Pudding: The Perfect Base

385 kcal · 45 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Liter whole milk (room temperature)
• 250 g rice pudding rice
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 vanilla pod(s) (or 1 packet vanilla sugar)
• to taste cinnamon sugar (or apple sauce, red fruit compote, or fresh fruit)

Instructions

1. 1. Melt the butter in a large pot on the stove.
2. 2. Add the short-grain rice to the melted butter.
3. 3. Sauté the rice briefly until it looks slightly glossy.
4. 4. Pour the whole milk (preferably at room temperature) into the pot.
5. 5. Stir the sugar into the milk and rice mixture.
6. 6. Take out the vanilla pod, split it lengthwise, and scrape out the seeds.
7. 7. Add the vanilla seeds and the empty pod to the pot.
8. 8. Alternatively: Use vanilla sugar instead if you do not have a pod.
9. 9. Stir everything gently with a wooden spoon.
10. 10. Bring the mixture to a brief boil.
11. 11. Make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot.
12. 12. Reduce the stove heat to the lowest setting.
13. 13. Let the rice pudding simmer gently.
14. 14. Cover the pot with a lid.
15. 15. Let the rice cook for about 30 minutes.
16. 16. Stir the rice once after about 15 minutes.
17. 17. Check after 30 minutes if the rice is soft.
18. 18. Remove the pot from the heat once the rice is done.
19. 19. Serve the rice pudding warm or cold.
20. 20. Mix cinnamon and sugar to your personal taste.
21. 21. Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the finished rice.
22. 22. Or serve apple sauce, red berries, or fresh fruit as a side.
23. 23. Each portion contains 385 kilocalories.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 385
• Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 17 g · Carbs: 46 g