Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears


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: February 12th 2023

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Photo of step #1

Rice pudding with chestnuts

Blanch 125 g rice in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
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Drain it.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
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Pour this rice into a non-stick pan with 1 litre whole milk and 200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons).

Stage 4 - 40 min.
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Place on low heat and cook gently, stirring occasionally...

Stage 5
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...until the rice has absorbed almost all the milk.

Stage 6
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You should obtain a creamy rice pudding with a delicious chestnut taste.

Let cool, uncovered.

Stage 7 - 20 min.
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Prepare 200 g Chantilly cream...

Stage 8 - 5 min.
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... 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.

Stage 9 - 10 min.
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Poached pears

Peel 3 Pears, remove the core, then cut into small pieces and sprinkle with the juice of ½ lemon.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
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Pour into a saucepan over medium heat 500 ml Poaching syrup, and when it is simmering pour in the pear pieces.

Poach until tender, then cool in the syrup, uncovered.

Stage 11 - 5 min.
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Once cold, drain them.

Stage 12 - 2 min.
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Montage

This is not necessary, but you can decorate each glass with a trail of chestnut cream.

Stage 13 - 2 min.
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Fill with half of the rice pudding.

Stage 14 - 1 min.
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Then 1/4 of the poached pear pieces.

Stage 15
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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.
Keeping
1 day in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,279 Kcal or 9,542 Kj63 gr299 gr91 gr
114 %24 %28 %14 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
107 Kcal or 448 Kj3 gr14 gr4 gr
5 %1 %1 %1 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
570 Kcal or 2,386 Kj16 gr75 gr23 gr
28 %6 %7 %3 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 5.40 €
  • Per person : 1.35 €

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Source
From Bastien Girard.
This recipe uses (among others)
Whole milkWhole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Gratin Dauphinois, Pistachio ice cream, Bourguignon potatoes , Gâteau Basque , ... All
Poaching syrupPoaching syrup: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Tarte Bourdaloue, Peach Melba, Citrus tart, Peach and green tea tart, ... All
Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut moelleux, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Chestnut cake, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , ... All
Chantilly creamChantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Millefeuille, Pear charlotte, Rum babas, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, ... All
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