Rice Pudding With Fresh Fruit Recipes

RICE PUDDING WITH FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine rice, milk, sugar, and salt. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble. Reduce heat and cover.
• Cook 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat. Add vanilla and Pernod.
• Cool, then refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• Halve pears lengthwise, slice thinly, and spread out into a fan shape. Place pear and rice pudding on plates, and garnish with raspberries and anise seeds.

INDIAN RICE PUDDING WITH FRUIT

Steps:

• Heat the milk, condensed milk and honey with cardamom over med heat, stirring constantly so as not to scorch the milk. When it is just about at the boiling point, add rice and continue cooking, stirring often, about 45 min until rice is tender and about half the liquid has cooked away. Cool and refrigerate until cold. To serve, top the pudding with the fruit and garnish with a a couple of mint leaves.

RICE PUDDING WITH RICOTTA AND FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the rice, water, raisins, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar, and lemon juice. Stir to combine. Cover and bring to a simmer. Cook until the rice is tender, approximately 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, 5 to 10 minutes until the water is absorbed. Let cool. Fold in the ricotta cheese and vanilla extract.
• Mold in individual molds and turn out onto a serving plate, or place a 1/2 cup mound in the center of 8 dessert plates. Surround with fresh fruit. Makes 8 servings.
• Burt Wolf * Eating Well.