Tropical Rice Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 3-1/2 cups milk, rice, sugar and salt; bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook for 15 minutes or until thick and creamy, stirring occasionally. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese. Beat in eggs and remaining milk. Stir into rice mixture. Cook and stir for 2 minutes over medium heat until mixture reaches 160°. Stir in vanilla. Spoon into six dessert dishes. , Drain pineapple, reserving the juice; set the pineapple aside. In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, cornstarch, butter, salt and reserved pineapple juice. bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in vanilla and pineapple. Spoon over pudding.

Steps:

• in a small bowl add currants and rum, set aside for 30 minutes.
• mix cooked rice with milks, sugar, ginger and salt in a large saucepan.
• bring to boil, lower to simmer, stir in currants.
• simmer for 40 minutes until thickened.
• mix in 1/2 c diced mango and 1/2 c diced papaya.
• divide into serving cups, garnish with remaining diced fruit and top with toasted coconut.

Steps:

• Place rice, water, and salt in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Decrease the heat and cook covered over low heat for 40 minutes. Do not uncover until the rice is done. Remove from the heat and uncover.
• Stir 1 can of coconut milk and the agave nectar into the rice and bring to a boil. Decrease the heat to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes, or until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate. Skim the cream off the top of the second can of coconut milk and set aside. (Use the rest of the coconut milk for another purpose.) To serve, spoon the rice pudding onto individual plates or into bowls.Arrange the mango, banana, and pineapple slices around the pudding and drizzle coconut cream on top. Sprinkle with toasted coconut and serve.

Steps:

• Boil rice in water in a 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan, uncovered and undisturbed, until steam holes appear on surface, about 8 minutes.
• Reduce heat to very low and cook, covered and undisturbed, 12 minutes more.
• Stir in cream, sugar, vanilla, and salt and simmer, stirring, 2 minutes.
• Stir 1 cup fruit into pudding and serve topped with remaining fruit.