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Portuguese Rice Pudding

This is a really low maintenance recipe for anyone who is a fan of rice pudding!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Portuguese

Equipment

  • 2 saucepans

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup washed rice (rice pudding rice or any of your choice)
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 500 ml creamy coconut milk (you can also use any other milk of your choice)
  • lemon skin (thumb sized)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ground cinnamon (to sprinkle with)

Instructions
 

  • In one pan, boil water and add butter and rice 
  • Cook rice until fluffy 
  • In a second pan, heat coconut milk with lemon skin 
  • Wait until rice is cooked and coconut milk is completely heated
  • Gradually add coconut milk to the rice  and then stir together 
  • Add the sugar and continue stirring and then bring to a boil 
  • Once boiled, add to a serving dish and sprinkle cinnamon on top 
  • Let it cool down for about 15-20 minutes and enjoy 🍚 🎄

Notes

For this recipe, it is important to keep stirring rice pudding after adding the milk to avoid it from getting stuck at the bottom of the saucepan.