Very Vanilla Rice Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup of milk to boil in medium sauce pan.
• Stir in rice and raisins.
• Cover pan.
• Remove from heat.
• Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile prepare pudding.
• Beat pudding mix into remaining 2 cups of cold milk with whisk for 2 minutes.
• Add rice mixture to pudding and stir.
• Cover surface with plastic wrap.
• Cool 5 minutes.
• Stir.
• Serve warm or chilled.

Steps:

• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, combine milk, rice, sugar, vanilla caviar and pod, and salt. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring gently.
• Cover pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes. Uncover pot and continue to cook, stirring often, until rice is very tender and pudding has thickened slightly, about 15 minutes more. Remove pot from heat and let pudding cool for 5 minutes; fish out the vanilla bean pod before transferring to a heatproof bowl.
• refrigerate until cold and thick, at least 4 hours or as long as overnight.
• Tip: may add 2 large egg yolks and a sot of dark rum during the last 5 minutes of cooking for a more grownup twist.
• Note: this recipe calls for medium grain white rice (not long- or short-grain rice), which lends the perfect amount of starch, creaminess, and texture to the pudding.
• Cooking time is cooling time.

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add rice, cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer until the rice is nearly cooked, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the soy milk, sugar, and salt. When the rice is cooked and still hot, add the soy milk mixture and cinnamon stick. Cover, place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, uncover and remove the cinnamon stick. Stir in the vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. The pudding will be slightly liquidy; the liquid will continue to absorb into the rice and thicken as the pudding cools.
• Distribute amoung 8 bowls. Serve warm or at room temperature. Dust with brown sugar if desired.
• The pudding will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for 3 days.