Arroz Doce (Portuguese Sweet Rice)

"This was always a family staple and while searching the Portuguese recipes, I noticed it wasn't there and I just have to add it."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring water to a boil in medium saucepan.
  • Add rice and cover, simmering for 20 minutes.
  • Add milk, sugar and lemon rind, stirring constantly until thickened to oatmeal consistency, about 15-20 minutes.
  • It will also thicken some while cooling.
  • Pour into one large serving plate and remove lemon rind.
  • Spread flat and allow to cool on wire rack.
  • You can be decorative with cinnamon by pinching a bit between your fingers and place while your hand is no more than an inch away from the rice (criss cross patterns are traditional), or you can just dust the entire top with the cinnamon.
  • Serve at room temp, but refrigerate uneaten portion.

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  1. Traditionally, you're supposed to put the water and milk together to boil in the pot, along with a cinnamon stick and lemon rind. It makes a cinnamon-flavoured milk. Arborio rice (Italian rice) produces the best result since it needs to be "sticky". A staple dessert in Portuguese culture, and I love it!
     
  2. Fabulous recipe! I did not or would not change a thing. Thank you for sharing!
     
  3. Thank you so much Jennie for this great recipe. My DH is Portuguese and I have been trying to duplicate the Arroz Doce recipe for YEARS. My DH family cooks by "eyeballing it" therefor making it hard to duplicate perfectly. I did add vanilla and a bit more milk as I didn't use whole milk but 1% instead. My DH couldn't wait to eat it chilled as I am told how it should be eaten but he ate it warm and steamy. Our little one has fallen in love with another time honored portuguese dish not to mention we had fun together creating cinnamon designs on top. Obrigada!
     
  4. Being of Portuguese decent I grew up eating this dish and other Portuguese meals. I like this recipe because it contains no eggs. It was a huge success! We have bought the rice at Portuguese markets in the past but never again! This dish was even better than that.
     
  5. Can we had eggs? I remember my mom did
     
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  1. Thank you so much Jennie for this great recipe. My DH is Portuguese and I have been trying to duplicate the Arroz Doce recipe for YEARS. My DH family cooks by "eyeballing it" therefor making it hard to duplicate perfectly. I did add vanilla and a bit more milk as I didn't use whole milk but 1% instead. My DH couldn't wait to eat it chilled as I am told how it should be eaten but he ate it warm and steamy. Our little one has fallen in love with another time honored portuguese dish not to mention we had fun together creating cinnamon designs on top. Obrigada!
     

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I am an army wife and a SAHM to two boys. I love to bake - especially breads - and I'm trying to raise my family in a healthy kitchen. I love to cook, but the cleaning part always gets in the way so I don't get to do as much as I would like. ;-)
 
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