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Rice pudding with fruit and nuts

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.

11,2534.3/5 for 31 ratings

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Last modified on: June 18^th 2017

For 8 people, you will need:

1 ¼ cup pistachios
2 2 tablespoons whole almonds
3 ¼ cup dried apricots
4 ¾ cup rice
5 4 cups + 3 tablespoons whole milk
6 ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar
7 1 vanilla pod
8 2 apples
9 2 tablespoons butter
10 1 ½ tablespoon caster sugar

Change those ingredients for: 4 people 8 people 16 people 24 people

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	42 min.	1 hour 5 min.

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Spread ¼ cup pistachios and 2 tablespoons whole almonds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts : Photo of step #2

Leave to cool, then chop coarsly. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

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Cut ¼ cup dried apricots into thin strips.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

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Rinse ¾ cup rice in a sieve under running water. Use round "pudding" rice if possible, or risotto rice.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

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Pour 4 cups + 3 tablespoons whole milk into a large saucepan, preferably non-stick, and add the rinsed rice, ¹⁄₃ cup 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.

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Meanwhile, peel 2 apples and cut into small dice.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small frying pan, then add the diced apples and sprinkle with 1 ½ tablespoon caster sugar.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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Cook the apples for a few minutes without colouring.

Stage 9 - 20 min.

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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

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

Stage 11 - 5 min.

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,043 Kcal or 8,554 Kj	71 gr	203 gr	104 gr
102 %	27 %	19 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
117 Kcal or 490 Kj	4 gr	12 gr	6 gr
6 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
255 Kcal or 1,068 Kj	9 gr	25 gr	13 gr
13 %	3 %	2 %	2 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 6.20 €
Per person : 0.78 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Dauphinois, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Potimarron and leek soup, ... All
	Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Morel risotto with Vin Jaune and Mont d'Or, Pea risotto "mantecare", Chicken with rice and leeks, Paella, Creamy risotto with vegetables , ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pets de nonne, Nantes Tourton, Warm apple feuillantines, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Eggs meurette, ... All
	Pistachios: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate Truffles, Granola, Moist cereal bars, Pistachio powder or paste, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, ... All

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