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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Instead of the usual raisins, dates are so delicious in rice pudding. Rich and creamy. Lighten up texture of pudding as desired. Ingredients:
2 cups milk |
2 cups cream |
2 cups half and half |
1 cup sugar |
1 cup long grain rice |
1 vanilla bean |
2 tbs rum |
dash salt |
8 oz pkg bite size chopped pitted dates |
8 oz whipped topping or 1 cup cream whipped |
Directions:
1. In heavy duty sauce pot heat milks, sugar, vanilla bean ( split ) over medium heat, stirring occasionally until mixture comes to a boil.
2. Add rice and bring to a boil again.
3. Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cover and cook mixture ( stir occasionally ) until rice mixture becomes creamy and liquids almost absorbed.
4. Pudding will thicken with chilling.
5. Remove from heat , remove vanilla bean and stir in the dates.
6. Let cool completely and then cover and chill very well.
7. Then place mixture in a large glass or dessert bowl and blend in the whipped topping or the cream that has been whipped to lighten texture of the pudding. .
8. Garnish pudding with chopped almonds and maraschino cherries if desired.
9. Note: if you want date and nut rice pudding then blend in some slivered or sliced almonds along with the dates to the pudding instead of using as a garnish.
10. For a lower calorie version one can make pudding with all milk or part milk and skim milk and use the whipped topping instead of the heavy cream.
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