Crock Pot Rice Pudding With Cherries And Almonds Recipes

Steps:

• Stir 4 cups milk, white sugar, and rice together in a slow cooker until the sugar dissolves; add margarine.
• Cook on High for 2 1/2 hours.
• Beat egg, 2 tablespoons milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt together in a bowl.
• Temper the egg by stirring a small amount of the hot rice mixture into the egg mixture to gently warm the egg without cooking it; stir the egg mixture into the rice in the slow cooker.
• Continue cooking on High until creamy, about 15 minute more.
• Transfer pudding to a glass baking dish, cover with plastic wrap leaving two corners uncovered to vent, and refrigerate until chilled completely, at least 1 hour.

Steps:

• 1. In a lightly greased slow cooker insert, mix together sugar, rice, cherries, almonds, lemon zest and salt.
• 2. Whisk together milk, eggs and almond extract. Stir into rice mixture.
• 3. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours, until rice is tender and pudding is set.
• 4. Serve warm, garnished with toasted almonds and heavy cream, if desired.

Steps:

• In prepared slow cooker greased stoneware, mix together sugar, rice, cherries, almonds, lemon zest and salt.
• Whisk together milk, eggs and almond extract, and stir into rice mixture.
• Cover and cook on high for 4 hours, until rice is tender and pudding is set.
• Serve warm, garnished with toasted almonds and whipped cream, if desired. Serves 6.
• TIPS:.
• Long-grain white rice can be successfully used in this recipe, but the pudding will not be as creamy as one made with arborio rice.
• Use 1 cup fresh, pitted cherries in place of the dried cherries, if desired. Or substitute an equal quantity of dried cranberries, instead.
• For a rich pudding, use half milk and half cream.
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Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in slow cooker; stir well.
• Cover and cook on Low for 4 to 5 hours or on High for 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
• Stir twice during cooking period.