Rice pudding is a British dessert. It’s a classic, and we never get tired of it for all the right reasons. If you’ve loved it for a long time but never really made it with your hands, here’s an easy classic rice pudding recipe.
Classic Rice Pudding Recipe
Equipment
- One 1.6-litre ovenproof dish with a wide base
Ingredients
- 25 grams Butter, or just enough to grease the oven dish
- 75 grams Long grain white rice Jasmin or Basmati work well also
- 900 ml Full-fat milk
- 1 tablespoon of caster sugar
- half a teaspoon Nutmeg, freshly grated, optional
- 150 grams Pudding rice
- Vanilla extract or one teaspoon of paste
Method
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 140 degrees C on Gas 1 or 3 or 160 degrees C on fan and grease the ovenproof dish well with butter.
- Step 2: Place a saucepan on the stove and heat the milk. Add rice to the ovenproof dish along with the heated milk, sugar and vanilla. Stir them all till they mix well.
- Step 3: Bake the mixture in the oven for roughly 30 minutes.
- Step 4: Take it out and stir the mix gently. Add a little bit of nutmeg.
- Step 5: Put it back in the oven and cook for about 1.5 hours until the top layer is golden in colour. At this point, the rice is tender and soft. Add some more butter if you like and leave it on the mid-shelf of the oven for a few minutes.
- Use a quality rice cooker if you’re uncomfortable using a saucepan
- You can use orange or lemon zest instead of vanilla.
- Vegans can use coconut milk or vegan spread instead of dairy.
- Use condensed milk if you want it to cook faster.
- Serve it with jam, raisins or fruits.
- You can use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk instead of full-fat milk but there will be a little change in the flavour for obvious reasons.
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The best rice choice is medium to long-grain rice, like basmati
FAQ
What Gives Rice More Flavour?
You can cook rice with water and other liquids like broth or bouillon for flavour. Adding dried fruit, fresh herbs, and nuts is also a good idea, depending on your desired colour and flavour.
Do You Put Oil or Salt in Rice?
You can add butter, salt and water when you’re cooking rice. The butter and salt are optional. All ingredients except rice and water are optional.
Why Do Restaurants Put Rice in Salt?
Among its many uses is rice’s ability to absorb moisture. Adding rice to salt shakers isn’t about taste or style. Restaurants do it so that the salt pours out easily.
Classic Rice Pudding Recipe: Summing Up
The classic British rice pudding is undoubtedly one of the easiest dishes to make at home. That’s not just in terms of the recipe but also with respect to the ingredients and equipment you need to make it.
And no matter how much you stretch it out, the process is rather simple. Now that you know that, there really is no reason not to make it yourself. You can easily make it for 4-6 people if you have the right-sized container.
