Creamy Orange Rice Pudding With Almonds Recipes

CREAMY ORANGE RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Remove zest from orange using the smallest holes on a box grater, and set aside. Cut ends off orange, and remove peel, pith, and outer membranes, following the curve of the fruit with a paring knife. Lift sections away from membranes, and set aside. Squeeze juice from membranes over sections before discarding.
• Place the Arborio rice, milk, reserved orange zest, lemon zest, vanilla bean and seeds, salt, and sugar in a medium saucepan, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender and most but not all of the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream. Remove the vanilla bean, and serve the pudding in small bowls garnished with orange sections.

SLOW COOKER ORANGE ALMOND RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine dairy through almonds: To your slow cooker add the milk, heavy cream, almond extract, rice flour, sugar and salt. Whisk well to thoroughly combine the ingredients. Add 1 cup of almonds and stir.
• Add orange peel to slow cooker: Use a vegetable peeler to remove four thick strips of the zest from 1 orange. Add to the slow cooker and stir.
• Turn the slow cooker on: Everyone's slow cooker is a little different. If you have an older slow cooker it might take a little longer. You know if your slow cooker runs hot or low, so please plan and adjust the time accordingly. Set the slow cooker on high and cook for 2 to 3 hours or low for 4 to 6.
• Stir the pudding: Two or three times during cooking, go ahead and stir the slow cooker ingredients making sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Stir and remove the orange peel: Give the pudding a good stir. If it's soft, creamy and thickened, but still loose it's ready to serve. Remove and discard the orange peels. You can serve rice pudding warm, room temperature or cold. It will continue to thicken as it cools. For a loose consistency serve it warm from the slow cooker (it will be loose, but it shouldn't be watery or soupy, think honey or ketchup), for a thicker consistency serve at room temperature or for the thickest consistency (solid) serve it cold. If it chills and becomes too thick for your tastes, just rewarm on the stove or in the slow cooker and stir in a little milk 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.

CREAMY ORANGE RICE PUDDING WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Grate the zest from 1 orange. Slice this and 1 other orange in half; squeeze out juice. Combine zest and juice in a saucepan, and add rice, sugar, 5 cups water, cinnamon stick, and vanilla. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until almost all the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat. Stir several times, return cover, and let stand for about 15 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl, cover with a clean towel, and let cool.
• Using a sharp knife, remove the peel and pith from remaining oranges. Carefully cut out segments, and discard seeds. Set aside.
• Just before serving, whip cream until stiff. Fold cream, almonds, and all but 10 of the orange segments into rice mixture. Transfer pudding to a large bowl, and garnish with reserved orange segments.

RICE PUDDING WITH ALMONDS AND CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine milk, 5 tablespoons sugar and rice in heavy medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until rice is tender and mixture is thick, stirring frequently, about 35 minutes. Discard vanilla bean. Mix in almonds. Pour rice pudding into 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan; cool completely.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl until medium peaks form. Fold cream into rice pudding mixture in pan. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• Cook cherries, lemon and remaining 3/4 cup sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until cherries are tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add cornstarch mixture and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Discard lemon. Spoon pudding into bowls. Spoon hot cherry sauce over.