German Rice Pudding - Milchreis
German comfort food at it´s best. Delicious cold and warm.
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk
- 1 ¼ cups Arborio rice
- 4 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla paste or 1 tbsp. vanilla sugar / extract
For the topping
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 2 tbsp. brown butter
Instructions
- To a large pot add butter and melt on medium heat.
- Add the rice and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the milk, sugar and vanilla extract to the pot.
- Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring.
- Cover pot with a lid and reduce the heat to very low.
- Stir occasionally until almost all the liquid is gone. This will take about 20-30 min.
- In the meantime, mix cinnamon and sugar and prepare the brown butter.
- Serve hot with brown butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture, or enjoy cold with fresh berries, compote or apple sauce.
Notes
Serving Tip: Serve plain, with cinnamon-sugar, apple sauce, fresh berries, Rote Grütze (German fruit compote) or any other compote of your liking.
Nutrition
Yield: 1PortionCalories: 390kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 10gFat: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 34gNet Carbohydrates: 51g