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 12 people, you will need:
- 1
375 g rice - 2
3 litres whole milk - 3
600 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 4
600 g Chantilly cream - 5
9 Poached pears - Total weight: 4,575 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 375 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 3 litres whole milk and 600 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 600 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 9 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 |
| 5,802 Kcal or 24,292 Kj | 182 gr | 654 gr | 271 gr |
| 290 % | 70 % | 62 % | 41 % |
| 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 12 people : 13.32 €
- 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: Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, Chocolate rice pudding, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), ... All |
 | Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Chestnut moelleux, Chestnut cake, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, ... All |
 | Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry Charlotte, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Chouquettes, St Tropez tart, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, ... All |
 | Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate rice pudding, Chicken with rice and leeks, Sesame rice, Mussels with arroz negro, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, ... All |
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