Rice Pudding with Fresh Fruit

Submitted by Ed Paulhus

"RICE PUDDING WITH FRESH FRUIT"

 

• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup short-grain rice
• 3 cups milk
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon Pernod or 1 tablespoon pastis
• 2 pears, fresh or canned
• to taste raspberries, fresh or frozen (thawed)
• 1 teaspoon anise seed

directions

1. In a saucepan, combine rice, milk, sugar, and salt. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble. Reduce heat and cover.
2. Cook 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
3. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and Pernod.
4. Cool, then refrigerate at least 3 hours.
5. Halve pears lengthwise, slice thinly, and spread out into a fan shape. Place pear and rice pudding on plates, and garnish with raspberries and anise seeds.