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Spanish Rice Pudding

Course Dessert
Cuisine Spanish
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Round Rice
  • 4 Cups Milk
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Vanilla Bean
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 Tsp Cinnamon Powder
  • Lemon Peel

Instructions

  1. Grab a large frying pan, heat it with a medium heat and add 4 cups of milk, 1 vanilla bean, 1 cinnnamon stick and 4 lemon peels
  2. Mix everything together
  3. Once your milk begins to lightly boil, add 1/2 cup of rice to pan and mix everything together
  4. Continue to mix so the milk doesn´t froth and create a film
  5. 10 minutes after adding the rice to the pan, lower the heat to a LOW heat, add 1/2 cup of sugar to the pan, and mix everything together
  6. Continue to mix so the milk doesn´t froth and create a film
  7. About 15 minutes after you added the sugar to the pan, your rice pudding should be done, you can always tell by running your spatula through the pan, and if you can see the bottom of the pan, you have a perfect rice pudding
  8. Turn your burner off and let the rice pudding rest for about 5 minutes
  9. Spoon the rice pudding into small bowls
  10. Sprinkle with some cinnamon powder and garnish with a mint leaf
  11. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Recipe by Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork