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Rice pudding with fruit and nuts

Name: Rice pudding with fruit and nuts
Prep time: 23 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 50 g pistachios; 30 g whole almonds; 50 g dried apricots; 150 g rice; 1 litre whole milk; 60 g caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod; 2 apples; 30 g butter; 20 g caster sugar

This is cooked like a normal rice pudding, but with fruit and nuts added halfway through: toasted almonds and pistachios, sautéed diced apple and strips of dried apricot.

These added flavours and textures make an already creamy rice pudding even more delicious.

54 K 4.2/5 (34 reviews)

1 hour 5 min. difficulté

Easy

5.95 €

8 people

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 18^th 2017

For 8 people, you will need:

1 50 g pistachios
2 30 g whole almonds
3 50 g dried apricots
4 150 g rice
5 1 litre whole milk
6 60 g caster sugar
7 1 vanilla pod
8 2 apples
9 30 g butter
10 20 g caster sugar
Total weight: 1,755 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Cooking: 45 min.

All in all: 1 hour 5 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 1

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Spread 50 g pistachios and 30 g whole almonds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 2

Leave to cool, then chop coarsly. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 3

Cut 50 g dried apricots into thin strips.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 4

Rinse 150 g rice in a sieve under running water. Use round "pudding" rice if possible, or risotto rice.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 5

Pour 1 litre whole milk into a large saucepan, preferably non-stick, and add the rinsed rice, 60 g caster sugar and the insides of 1 vanilla pod.

Put on low leat and cook gently, stirring from time to time to make sure it does not catch on the bottom.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 6

Meanwhile, peel 2 apples and cut into small dice.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 7

Melt 30 g butter in a small frying pan, then add the diced apples and sprinkle with 20 g caster sugar.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 8

Cook the apples for a few minutes without colouring.

Stage 9 - 20 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 9

When the liquid in your rice pudding has reduced by about half, add the fruit and nuts.

Mix well and leave on low heat to finish thickening up, stirring from time to time.

Stage 10

Take off the heat when the rice is fully cooked, but the pudding is still moist and creamy.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Stage 11

Divide out into ramekins and leave to cool.

If you wish to keep the pudding for later, cover with plastic film (when completely cooled) and refrigerate.

Remarks

You can vary the added ingredients in this recipe to anything you fancy, for example using pine nuts and hazelnuts instead of almonds and pistachios.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	70 RDI=30 %	230 RDI=20 %	100 RDI=20 %	2,060 RDI=100 %	8,630 RDI: 100 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=1 %	5 RDI=1 %	120 RDI=6 %	490 RDI: 6 %
Per person	9 RDI=4 %	30 RDI=3 %	10 RDI=2 %	260 RDI=10 %	1,080 RDI: 10 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, milk

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 5.95 €
Per person : 0.75 €

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