Cream of Rice Pudding

Serve this creamy, delicate pudding to break the fast after Yom Kippur. Sutlatch may also be served at Shabbat desayuno after morning services. While it was usually prepared with milk, the cooking liquid was sometimes pipitada, made by steeping melon seeds in water and traditionally drunk to restore body fluids lost while fasting on Yom Kippur. Gilda Angel’s version of this recipe in Sephardic Holiday Cooking uses vanilla as the aromatic flavoring for a milk-base