MEXICAN RICE PUDDING (Arroz con leche) - Mexican recipes

MEXICAN RICE PUDDING (Arroz con leche)

Ingredients

cinnamon stick
2" strip of lime zest, 3/4 " wide
1 cup rice
1 qt. milk
3/4 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
1 t Mexican vanilla
1/4 c raisins
1 T butter, cut into bits
ground cinnamon, for top

Directions

Bring 2 c water to boil in med saucepan, add cinnamon stick and lime zest, cover and simmer over med heat for 5 min. Pour in rice, let mix return to boil, stir once, then cover and cook over med-low heat for 20 min, until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender.

Stir in milk, sugar, and salt and simmer over med to med-low heat, stirring frequently, until the liquid shows the first signs of thickening, 20-25 min.? Take from the heat and remove the cinn stick and zest.? Beat the egg yolks until runny, stir in the vanilla and a few T of the hot rice, the stir yolk concoction back into the rice mixture, Mix in HALF the raisins, then spoon the rice pudding into a decorative 8"square baking dish.

Browning and finishing the pudding.? Preheat the broiler and dot the rice pudding w/butter.? Set the dish under the heat long enough to brown the top, 3 or 4 min.? Sprinkle with remaining raisins and the ground cinnamon, and serve warm or at room temperature.