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Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears

Name: Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears
Prep time: 43 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 28 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125 g round grain rice; 1 litre whole milk; 200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons); 200 g Chantilly cream; 3 poacheds 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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Duration

1 hour 30 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 22^th 2023

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 125 g round grain rice
2 1 litre whole milk
3 200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
4 200 g Chantilly cream
5 3 poacheds pears
Total weight: 1,525 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

45 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 30 min.

Preparation 45 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts

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

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 2

Drain it.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 3

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.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 4

Place on low heat and cook gently, stirring occasionally...

Stage 5

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

Stage 6

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

Let cool, uncovered.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 20 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 7

Prepare 200 g Chantilly cream...

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 8

... 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 - ⌛ 5 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 9

Cut 3 poacheds pears into small pieces and drain.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 10

Montage

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

Stage 11 - ⌛ 2 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 11

Fill with half of the rice pudding.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 1 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears : Stage 12

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.

Keeping: 1 day in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.

Source: From Bastien Girard.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	31 g RDI=12 %	10 g RDI=14 %	148 kcal RDI=7 %	621 kJ RDI=7 %
Per person	18 g RDI=28 %	120 g RDI=46 %	39 g RDI=54 %	565 kcal RDI=28 %	2,369 kJ RDI=28 %
Whole recipe	72 g RDI=112 %	482 g RDI=182 %	156 g RDI=215 %	2,263 kcal RDI=113 %	9,477 kJ RDI=113 %