NSW Meals on Wheels - Baked Rice Pudding

Baked Rice Pudding

Is there any other comfort food more satisfying than baked rice pudding? This dish puts the comfort in dessert. Chocolate option available too!

Source: Queensland Meals on Wheels

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 4

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooktime: 40 minutes

Ingredients

1/3 cups medium grain white rice
600ml milk
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
2 1/2 tbsp caster sugar
15g butter, chopped
1/2 tbsp caster sugar, extra
250ml thickened cream, to serve

Method

Preheat fan-forced oven to 160°C (170°C for conventional oven).
Place the rice in a large ovenproof dish.
In a large bowl, combine the milk, vanilla essence, and sugar. Pour over the rice and stir to combine.
Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove the foil and stir, then continue to bake, uncovered for a further 20 minutes.
Top with the butter, sprinkle with the extra sugar and bake for 10 minutes or until the top is golden.
Serve with cream, if desired.

Handy Tips

Replace the caster sugar for half the amount of caster sugar and the same of cocoa powder to make a chocolate flavoured rice pudding.

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