Desserts Recipes - Moroccan Rice Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4

• about 1 liter/1 3/4 pints milk

• 50 g/2 oz short-grain pudding rice, rinsed and drained

• 50 g/2 oz sugar

• 1-1 1/2 tablespoons orange flower water 

To decorate:

• chopped pistachio nuts

• chopped almonds

• crystallized violets or rose petals

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Method:

1. Heat the milk in a heavy, nonstick saucepan. Sprinkle over the rice and bring to the boil, stirring.

2. Lower the heat and cook very gently, stirring occasionally, until the pudding is thick, velvety and falls easily from the spoon. This may take anything up to about 2 hours.

3. Use a heat diffusing mat, if necessary, to prevent the rice cooking too quickly and sticking to the pan.

4. When the rice pudding is cooked, stir in the sugar and the orange flower water, to taste. Pour into a serving dish or into individual dishes.

5. Serve warm or cold with pistachio nuts, almonds and crystallized violets or rose petals scattered over the top.