Baked Rice Pudding

Name: Baked Rice Pudding (Sladká řýze/Sladká řýza)
Cuisine: Slovakian
Ingredients: 200 g/7 oz cup short grain rice, rinsed; 1 cinnamon stick; 600 ml/1 pint/2½ cups milk; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter; 30 ml/2 tbsp vanilla sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon; 4 eggs, separated; 100 g/3¾ oz cups caster sugar; 100 g/3¾ oz fruit, such as apricots, plums, cherries or apples; 100 g/3¾ oz fruit, such as apricots, plums, cherries or apples; 100 g/3¾ oz fruit, such as apricots, plums, cherries or apples; 100 g/3¾ oz fruit, such as apricots, plums, cherries or apples; 100 g/3¾ oz fruit, such as apricots, plums, cherries or apples; 50 g/2 oz dried raisins or sultanas (golden raisins); 50 g/2 oz dried raisins or sultanas (golden raisins); 50 g/2 oz dried raisins or sultanas (golden raisins); 100 g/3¾ oz, melted butter, and icing (confectioners’) sugar, to serve; 100 g/3¾ oz, melted butter, and icing (confectioners’) sugar, to serve

Sladká řýze/Sladká řýza

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

This sweet main course, used in both Republics, is another that children adore. Unlike the traditional English rice pudding, this includes fresh fruit, egg yolks and whisked egg whites, and is served with melted butter.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz cup short grain rice, rinsed
1 cinnamon stick

Europe
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Put the rice in a pan, cover with water, add the cinnamon stick. Bring to the boil, cook for 10 minutes and drain.
Put the rice and cinnamon stick back into the pan and add milk to cover the rice. Bring to a gentle boil and cook until soft, stirring occasionally and adding more milk if necessary. Remove the cinnamon stick when cooked. Add the butter, vanilla su