Name: Creamy rice pudding with caramelised pears
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 15 gram butter, melted; 2 cup milk; 300 millilitre carton cream; 1/4 cup short-grain rice; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; Caramelised pears; 30 gram butter; 4 medium pears, peeled, cored, thickly sliced; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup cream

Creamy rice pudding with caramelised pears

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Serves 6

Prep

15M

Cook

1H 30M

Total

1H 45M

Ingredients

15 gram butter, melted

2 cup milk

300 millilitre carton cream

1/4 cup short-grain rice

1/4 cup caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Caramelised pears

30 gram butter

4 medium pears, peeled, cored, thickly sliced

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup cream

Method

Creamy rice pudding

1.Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160°C. Brush a deep, 6-cup casserole dish liberally with melted butter.

2.Combine all ingredients in dish. Bake, covered, for 1 hour until rice is creamy and almost tender, stirring occasionally. Remove lid. Stir and cook further 30 minutes, uncovered, adding more milk as required.

3.Make caramelised pears as shown in method below. Serve pudding with topped with pears.

Caramelised pears

4.Melt butter in a frying pan over medium heat until foaming.

5.Add pears and cook, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes or until tender and golden brown. Blend in the sugar and cream and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes until sauce thickens slightly.

Use 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste in place of extract, if preferred.
Note

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Ingredients

Method

Creamy rice pudding

Caramelised pears

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