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.
12K 4.7/5 based on 3 reviews
Last modified on: November 22th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
270 ml rice - 2
2 litres whole milk - 3
400 ml sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 4
400 ml Chantilly cream - 5
6 Poached pears
How long will 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 270 ml 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 2 litres whole milk and 400 ml 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 400 ml 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 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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 8.88 €
- 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: Polenta with beetroot tops, Vanilla ice cream, Mousse with two chocolates, Pain perdu, Gratin with Parmesan flavours, ... All |
 | Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Like MaronSui's, Chestnut moelleux, Chestnut cake, ... All |
 | Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Peach and blackcurrant sundae, Peach Melba, Pear charlotte, Diplomat cream, European glass, ... All |
 | Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pilau rice, Chantilly rice pudding, Chocolate rice pudding, Canadian rice pudding, Crispy spinach rolls, ... All |
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