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!
Vegetarian
Dessert
Difficulty:
Easy
Preparation time:
10 minutes
Cook time:
40 minutes
Servings:
4
Source:
Queensland Meals on Wheels
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.