We had the option of making the pudding white, black or both. I am not one to resist anything chocolate, so make both puddings. I usually use Arborio rice to make risotto so I looked forward to try this recipe.
I decided to double the recipe because I know my family loves rice pudding. I have to confess I don’t usually make it but occasionally buy the Kozy Shack brand which is creamy and delicious.
For the vanilla rice pudding, I added a half teaspoon of cinnamon. After about an hour of simmering in the milk, the rice had not absorbed most of the milk and it was a bit runny. Since the rice was cooked, I took it off the heat and drained it as much as I could to remove the extra milk. It was still runny after being refrigerated overnight, but nevertheless both the white and chocolate were delicious, Had I read the TWD forums I would have realized that I should have let the rice cook longer.
Thanks to Isabelle for choosing this delicious and easy to make dessert. You can view the recipe at Isabelle’s blog. To view the TWD Bakers rice puddings, visit Tuesdays with Dorie.
I read the forums and it was still runny for me.
It looks delicious even if you had to drain off excess milk. Weird that you cooked it for an hour and it didn’t thicken up though.
Both flavors look great! I love Kozy Shack and now can make it myself! 🙂
Don’t rinse the rice!
Otherwise all the beautiful starch will be washed away and will no longer be around to help thicken the pudding.
My rice/milk/sugar concoction thickened after 30 minutes because (1) I used 1/2 cup of rice, (2) didn’t rinse the rice after cooking it, and (3) didn’t rinse out the pot before adding the milk.
This was a tricky recipe! I think I overcooked mine a tad. Yours looks great nonetheless!
Your puddings look delicious!
First time in your blog.
You have a delicious wonderful blog.
The forums saved my rice…. he he he. It turned out perfectly as written in the recipe. Lucky me and vanilla was my favorite. Glad you liked it.
AmyRuth
I think it still looks delicious! Mine was a disaster so I’m envious of yours!
I should try this recipe – looks good, although as I understand from the posts it was quite a challenge. Looks good to me anyway:)
It still looks good enough to eat! Now that we all know the problems, the next batch should come put perfectly perfect!