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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 4 people, you will need:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts

Blanch 125 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 1 litre whole milk and 200 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 200 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 3 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
2,668 Kcal or 11,170 Kj	67 gr	248 gr	156 gr
133 %	26 %	23 %	24 %

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 4 people : 4.44 €
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: Gratin Comtois, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Creamy polenta with green asparagus, Pistachio ice cream, Sandwich bread, ... All
	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut moelleux, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Like MaronSui's, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, Warm apple feuillantines, Strawberry Charlotte, Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Chouquettes, ... All
	Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Chicken with rice and leeks, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Mussels with arroz negro, Pilau rice, ... All

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