Bulgarian Rice Pudding

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four to Six

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

  • About

Balkan rice pudding is a superlative traditional dish. The creamy, sweet rice acts as a background to the fancier flavours. This pudding, with its cinnamon scent, pistachios and roses is a typically imaginative and aromatic Bulgarian offering.

Ingredients

  • 75 g/3 oz/scant ½ cup short grain or pudding rice
  • 45<

Method

  1. Put the rice, sugar, milk, butter, cinnamon stick and lemon rind into a large double or heavy pan.

  2. Cook over a very gentle heat, stirring occasionally, for about 1½ hours, or until thick and creamy. Remove and discard the cinnamon sti