Rice pudding with a golden top in a bowl with a silver spoon on a grey stone background

Rice pudding

Name: Rice pudding
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 50g golden caster sugar; 750ml whole milk; 250ml single cream; 20g butter plus extra for the dish; 150g pudding or short-grain rice; vanilla extract

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: June 9, 2022 at 10:14 AM

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Serves 5

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 45 mins

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This old-fashioned baked rice pudding is a classic dessert – creamy, comforting and infused with vanilla. Here's how to get it spot on every time

Gluten free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

50g golden caster sugar
750ml whole milk
250ml single cream
20g butter

plus extra for the dish
150g pudding or short-grain rice
vanilla extract

Nutrition: per serving

kcal310
fat15.4g
saturates9.7g
carbs35.2g
sugars14.8g
fibre0.2g
protein7g
salt0.2g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Butter a 1.5-litre ovenproof dish. Gently heat the sugar, milk and cream in a pan until just below simmering. Stir in the butter, rice and vanilla, then carefully tip into the baking dish.
step 2

Bake for 30 minutes then stir well and bake for another 30 minutes. Take out and stir again then return to the oven for a final 30 minutes without stirring. By this time the rice should be tender and creamy with a golden top. Serve hot with jam, if you like.

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