Swedish Rice Pudding

Submitted by Naturalbohemian

"This is a "Land o'Lakes" recipe. It is a very delicious rice pudding, and would be sublime topped with a strawberry, blueberry or rasberry sauce. It is very simple and very homey, quite the comfort food. I am sure the meringue can be left off quite easily if you are not a meringue lover."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• Pudding

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 1⁄2 cups milk
• 2 egg yolks, reserve the whites
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups cooked rice (I use long grain brown rice)

• Meringue

• 2 reserved egg whites
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

directions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl mix together 1/2 Cup sugar,cornstarch, salt and nutmeg.
3. Using a wire whisk, beat the milk, egg yolks and vanilla into the sugar mixture.
4. Stir in the rice.
5. Pour into ungreased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
6. Set casserole in 9-inch square baking pan.
7. Place in the oven; pour hot water 1- inch deep into 9- inch square baking pan.
8. Bake, stirring occasionally, until pudding is creamy and the milk is absorbed (about 1 1/2 hours).
9. Remove from the oven.
10. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
11. In small mixing bowl beat egg whites at high speed, scraping bowl often, until soft peaks form (1 to 2 minutes).
12. Add the sugar gradually, and continue beating until stiff peaks form (1 to 2 minutes).
13. Spread meringue over pudding, sealing around edges.
14. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes more, or until meringue is lightly browned.

Reviews

[night train]

This is delicious and tastes just like my mom used to make, except without the meringue, which is a nice touch. My only addition is a handful of raisins.

 

[Holly Blackwell]

This was actually a lot of fun to make. I used white short-grained rice, which was a mistake because the rice got mushy. I think it would work better if I undercooked the rice. The flavor was pretty good, but a little too eggy for me. The meringue was really yummy-I never would have thought of that, but it tasted great.