Swedish Rice Dessert

Darlene Summers's Note:

This is a yummy and very pretty dish to serve at Christmas and other holidays. Great for potlucks too. The 20 minutes cooking time is for cooking the rice.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 cups mini marshmallows
• 2 cups cooked and chilled rice
• 1 (8 ¼ ounce) can crushed pineapple (well drained)
• ½ cup maraschino cherry , halves
• ½ cup slivered almond (toasted)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients but the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla.
2. Whip the cream.
3. Gradually add the sugar and vanilla.
4. Combine the rice mixture with the whipped cream mixture.
5. Refrigerate to chill.
6. Makes 8 servings.

Reviews

[Merlot]

I took this dish to a party and was going to put it on the dessert table, but at the last minute, I put it on the entree table. It was a perfect side dish with the ham. Everyone raved. When I first read the recipe, I was aprehensive about "rice" in a desset. But becasue it is a Darlene Summers recipe, I knew it would be fabulous and it was. Thanks again, Darlene. Another hit!

[SPaz]

This is a fine recipe but not a true swedish rice dessert, to make a true swedish rice dessert you have to cook a rice pudding, which is extremly time consuming, a basic rice pudding consists of 3/4 cup uncooked rice cooked and then simmered with 4 cups of milk and a half cup of sugar stirring often to stop the milk from scortching until iut becomes a thick porridge and adding vanilla extract, almond slivers, one or two whole almonds and the whipped cream they have above, best served cooled with a hot cherry sauce.

[jprrer]

This is wonderful! I know because my grandmother always made it. Except instead of cherries she put in lemon jello cut in small squares and chopped pecans instead of almonds.