Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears
A rice pudding a bit atypical, no sugar added, but chestnut cream instead, and served in a verrine with diced poached pears.
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Last modified on: November 22th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
125 g rice - 2
1 kg whole milk - 3
200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 4
200 g Chantilly cream - 5
3 Poached pears - Total weight: 1,525 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 43 min. | 45 min. | 1 hour 28 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Rice pudding with chestnuts
Blanch 125 g rice in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes.Stage 2 - 5 min.
Drain it.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Pour this rice into a non-stick pan with 1 kg whole milk and 200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons).
Stage 4 - 40 min.
Place on low heat and cook gently, stirring occasionally...
Stage 5
...until the rice has absorbed almost all the milk.
Stage 6
Stage 7 - 20 min.
Prepare 200 g Chantilly cream...
Stage 8 - 5 min.
... and add it to the cooled rice pudding.
Proceed gently, to keep as much as possible the lightness of the Chantilly, and thus lighten the rice pudding.
Reserve in the refrigerator.
Proceed gently, to keep as much as possible the lightness of the Chantilly, and thus lighten the rice pudding.
Reserve in the refrigerator.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
Cut 3 Poached pears into small pieces and drain.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Montage
This is not necessary, but you can decorate each glass with a trail of chestnut cream.Stage 11 - 2 min.
Fill with half of the rice pudding.
Stage 12 - 1 min.
Then 1/4 of the poached pear pieces.
Stage 13
Serve, not too cold if possible, i.e. out of the fridge 30 minutes before tasting.
Remarks
For a fancier version, add a sprinkling of marron glacé on top of the pears in the verrine.
As usual with the poaching syrup, you can salvage it for later use, even in another recipe.
As usual with the poaching syrup, you can salvage it for later use, even in another recipe.
Keeping
1 day in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.
Source
From Bastien Girard.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,934 Kcal or 8,097 Kj | 61 gr | 218 gr | 90 gr |
| 97 % | 23 % | 21 % | 14 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 127 Kcal or 532 Kj | 4 gr | 14 gr | 6 gr |
| 6 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 484 Kcal or 2,026 Kj | 15 gr | 55 gr | 23 gr |
| 24 % | 6 % | 5 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 4.44 €
- Per person : 1.11 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Celeriac soup with mustard, Polenta with beetroot tops, Cramique, Caramelized pear custard tart, Rice pudding (riz au lait), ... All |
 | Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Chestnut cake, ... All |
 | Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Belle-helene in a glass, Millefeuille, Chantilly rice pudding, Chouquettes, Peach Melba, ... All |
 | Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Koulibiak in pie dish, How to cook rice in rice-cooker, Chantilly rice pudding, Pilau rice, Crispy spinach rolls, ... All |
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