Pineapple Rice Pudding

weekend cooker's Note:

A simple recipe to make and it has fabulous flavoring.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 6.0 puddings

• 1 cup cooked white rice
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 pint half-and-half cream
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 medium eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (15 ounce) can crushed pineapple, liquid reserved
• pecans, toasted and chopped (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine rice, sugar and half-and-half and mix well.
2. Stir in cornstarch, eggs, vanilla and pineapple.
3. Pour into 4-5 quart slow cooker coated with vegetable cooking spray,.
4. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours.
5. When ready to serve, top each serving with toasted chopped pecans if desired.

Reviews

[twissis]

This yummy treat is so easy-to-fix + ingredient-friendly & the crock-pot cook method avoids the usual muss & fuss. I was using sml cans of crushed pineapple w/flip-top pulls to open, 1 of them broke off completely & I could not get the can open. I had already opted to use the juice from the pineapple to cook the rice & that worked well to help adjust for the short amt of pineapple as the flavour was outstanding. I am sure it would be even more flavourful, textural & colourful w/the full amt of pineapple. I ckd it at 1 hr, gave the pudding a quick stir & ckd it again at 2 hrs. The pudding was creamy & nearly done, so I shut off the c-p & let it finish cooking (a method I recommend). I sprinkled the top w/a bit of brown sugar + the opt chopped pecans to serve. This is comfort food at its finest. Congrats on your *Football Pool* win & thx for sharing this keeper recipe w/us. :-)

[Annacia]

I made this for DH who's true fan of rice pudding. As I made it with regular white sugar it's all for him and this is his rating. It took 3 hrs 20 mins for me to call it set. I didn't have any crushed pineapple so I drained a can of sliced and "crushed" it in the food pro. I think that I should have pressed it hard again after the processing because there was a bottom layer of liquid that I could never get to cook in after more than 3 hrs in the crockpot. I did use more rice too (around 1 1/2 cups). Love the crock method!

[Nyteglori]

This was a very yummy rice pudding. I think it made more than 6 servings as I served 5 and didnt even use half of it. Perhaps my servings are alot smaller than average?