Grammy's Recipe Book Desserts
Rice Pudding with Vanilla Bean, Orange & Rum
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 35 min
- Rest
- 5 hrchill
- Total
- 5 hr 45 minstart to eating
Times are our estimates for Grammy's recipe, with unhurried prep.
As written
Word for word from her page, with her spelling and line breaks. [?] marks a word we couldn't read.
Rice Pudding with Vanilla Bean, Orange + Rum
From Every Day Italian - TV.
Prep time 10 min Cook time 35 min.
+ 5 HRS in refrigerator
5 cups whole milk
2/3 cup Aborio rice
1 vanilla bean - split
1/2 cup sugar
2 TSP dark rum
1 tsp grated orange peel
Orange segments
Combine rice + milk in heavy med. saucepan. Scrape
seeds from vanilla bean add with the bean - Bring
milk to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer until rice
is tender, stirring frequently, about 25 min. Mix in
the rum, sugar + orange peel. Discard vanilla bean.
Cook until mixture thickens, 5 to 10 min longer.
Spoon into bowls, cover + refrigerate about 5 hours
Serve with orange segments
From Every Day Italian - TV.
Prep time 10 min Cook time 35 min.
+ 5 HRS in refrigerator
5 cups whole milk
2/3 cup Aborio rice
1 vanilla bean - split
1/2 cup sugar
2 TSP dark rum
1 tsp grated orange peel
Orange segments
Combine rice + milk in heavy med. saucepan. Scrape
seeds from vanilla bean add with the bean - Bring
milk to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer until rice
is tender, stirring frequently, about 25 min. Mix in
the rum, sugar + orange peel. Discard vanilla bean.
Cook until mixture thickens, 5 to 10 min longer.
Spoon into bowls, cover + refrigerate about 5 hours
Serve with orange segments
Grammy's recipe
Her recipe, typed out to cook from: her amounts and her words, with abbreviations spelled out and the steps numbered.
Ingredients
- 5 cups whole milk
- ⅔ cup Arborio rice
- 1 vanilla bean, split
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons dark rum
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- Orange segments, to serve
Method
- Combine the rice and milk in a heavy medium saucepan. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean and add them with the bean.
- Bring the milk to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until the rice is tender, about 25 minutes.
- Mix in the rum, sugar and orange peel. Discard the vanilla bean.
- Cook until the mixture thickens, 5 to 10 minutes longer.
- Spoon into bowls, cover, and refrigerate about 5 hours.
- Serve with orange segments.
Ideas to play with
Twists and variations to try. Suggestions, not hers.
Warm and cozy
Serve it warm right off the stove instead of chilled, with a dusting of cinnamon.
No rum
Leave out the rum, or use ½ teaspoon rum extract, for the kids.
Cherry topping
Top with warm sour cherries or a spoon of cherry preserves instead of oranges.
Pistachio and cardamom
Add 2 crushed cardamom pods with the vanilla and top with chopped pistachios.