Italian Rice Pudding

Name: Italian Rice Pudding
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 625 ml (21 fl oz/2½ cups) milk; 250 ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) cream; 110 g (3½ oz/½ cup) risotto rice; 2 tablespoons brandy or sweet Marsala; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthways; 50 g (1¾ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; pinch of ground nutmeg; 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest; 60 g (2¼ oz/½ cup) sultanas

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

625 ml (21 fl oz/2½ cups) milk
250 ml

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Put the milk, cream and vanilla bean in a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Bring just to the boil, then remove from the heat. Stir in the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest and set aside.
Soak the sultanas in the brandy. Meanwhile, add the rice to the infused milk and return to the heat. Bring to a simmer and stir slowly for about 35 mi