Milchreis - Rice Pudding

                                   Milchreis - Rice Pudding

This is a traditional german Rice Pudding recipe. Not sure if the american version is similar. The recipe is from one of my favorite german star cooks Stefan Hensler.

This is what you need:

- 800 ml milk

- 200 gr. Milk rice or Risotto rice (or short grain rice) however its written on the package

- 1 Vanilla bean, the paste inside and then the whole bean (or Vanilla extract)

- 1 pinch of salt

- 4-6 TBSP Sugar

- around 50-100 ml heavy whipping cream

This is how you do it:

Pour the milk in a sauce pan along with the sugar, salt and the vanilla bean paste and vanilla bean and heat up until it boils. Once it starts boiling add the rice immediately but slowly and stir while you pour in the rice. Reduce the heat to a medium-low and cover it up. Let simmer for around 20 min, stirring just occasionally. In the meantime, you can whip up the heavy cream. I added a tiny bit of sugar to it but you don't have to. Once the time is up, stir and check the consistency. Let simmer for another 5 min if you think it could need some time. Then add the whipping cream and stir well. Let sit another 5-10 min without heat so they can absorb the cream. It will make it a little bit more fluffy and also helps with the tenderness of the rice. 

Serve warm with toppings of your preference like sugar-cinnamon mix or fruits. It's also good cold, but we prefer it warm. It's a hearty, warm comfort food on cold days (or any day lol)

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