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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 22^th 2023

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 0 kg 9 g rice
2 0 litre 4 ml whole milk
3 0 kg 14 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
4 0 kg 14 g Chantilly cream
5 6 Poached pears

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts

Blanch 0 kg 9 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 0 litre 4 ml whole milk and 0 kg 14 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

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

Let cool, uncovered.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

Prepare 0 kg 14 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.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Cut 6 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.

Keeping

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

Source

From Bastien Girard.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,336 Kcal or 22,341 Kj	133 gr	496 gr	312 gr
267 %	51 %	47 %	47 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
175 Kcal or 733 Kj	4 gr	16 gr	10 gr
9 %	2 %	2 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
667 Kcal or 2,793 Kj	17 gr	62 gr	39 gr
33 %	6 %	6 %	6 %

% 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 8 people : 8.88 €
Per person : 1.11 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Hearty potato and ham gratin, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Naan, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm apple feuillantines, Viennese chocolate cups, Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Coupe Augustin, Peach and blackcurrant sundae, ... All
	Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Curried prawn risotto, Canadian rice pudding, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Chocolate rice pudding, Turmeric risotto, ... All

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