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Swedish Rice Pudding with Spiced Oranges

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  • Author: Delphine Fortin
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: serves 6-8 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Cuisine: Swedish recipes

This Swedish rice pudding is incredibly creamy, and packed with citrusy flavors with some delicate hints of spices.

Ingredients

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For the rice pudding:

  • 13.5 ounces water
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup (170g) round rice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 1/4 cups (1L) milk
  • 1 cup (240 ml) whipped cream
  • 1/4 cup (30g) icing sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla sugar

For the spiced oranges:

  • 2 oranges, peeled and sliced about 1/4 in thick
  • 2 blood oranges, peeled and sliced about 1/4 in thick
  • 6,8 oz water
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 star anises
  • 1 1/4 cup (255g) granulated sugar

Instructions

  1. Spiced oranges: Put the oranges in a large bowl. Bring the water with the spices to boil in a saucepan and let simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Soak for at least 2 hours.
  2. For the rice pudding: put water, butter and salt in a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Add in the rice and the cinnamon stick and let simmer for about 10 minutes under cover. Pour the milk and let swell under low heat for about 45 minutes. Let the rice pudding cool.
  3. Whisp together the whipped cream with the icing sugar and vanilla sugar, then turn together with the rice.
  4. Pour the rice into 6 to 8 glass jars (depending on their sizes), filled until the two thirds only. Set a slice of orange over each jar, then cover with the remaining rice. Cover with a last slice of orange. Chill until serving.