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Danish Christmas Rice Pudding

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NameDanish Christmas Rice Pudding
CategoryDesserts, Vegetarian & Special Diets, Holidays, European
Serves/Yields4 - 6
Sourcea danish friend of mine ..
DifficultyEasy
Prep. Time15 min
Cook Time2- 3 hours
Introduction
Very traditional danish dessert. According to old Danish legend, whoever finds the almond at Christmas will have a series of lucky adventures. Nowadays who gets the almond in his serving of pudding wins a prize, usually a nice pink marzipan pig.
Ingredients
For the pudding:
6 cups milk
1 cup rice
3 tablespoons sugar 
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 whole almond
Cinnamon
Sugar
Cream

For the cherry sauce

1 pound sour cherries
3 cups water
1 stick cinnamon
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup sugar
Directions
Step: 1Pudding:
Put milk, rice, sugar and salt into the top of a double boiler. Cover and cook 2 1/2  to 3 hours over water until rice is soft and thick. Remove lid for the last 10 minutes of cooking. Put the almond in the rice pudding just before serving. 
Step: 2Cherry sauce:
Wash and pit cherries. Cook in enough water to cover with the cinnamon stick for about one hour. Discard cinnamon stick. Put cherries through a sieve and bring the juice to the boiling point. Soften the cornstarch with a little cold water, mix with the sugar and stir into the hot juice. Cook 12 minutes, stirring constantly. note: some people add a shot of brandy at the end of cooking Sprinkle the pudding with cinnamon and sugar and accompany with a pitcher of cream or cherry sauce.

Time submitted: Saturday, December 03. 2005 at 14:52:34
Contributed By: guido

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