| Status Approved |
| Name | Danish Christmas Rice Pudding |
| Category | Desserts, Vegetarian & Special Diets, Holidays, European |
| Serves/Yields | 4 - 6 |
| Source | a danish friend of mine .. |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Prep. Time | 15 min |
| Cook Time | 2- 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: 1 | Pudding: 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: 2 | Cherry 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. |