Recipe: Appetizing Portuguese Rice Pudding

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Portuguese Rice Pudding. Portuguese Rice Pudding, Arroz Doce, is a traditional Portuguese dessert recipe made with cooked rice, sugar, milk, eggs, cinnamon, and lemon peel. This recipe for Portuguese Rice Pudding is a popular dish that my husband Jack has served many, many times over the years. It's a sweet and creamy, vanilla-infused rice pudding and a wonderfully.

All Reviews for Portuguese Sweet Rice.

If you like rice pudding this is the stuff you want!

As you can see in my photo I served it to company with strawberry and kiwi slices garnished with mint.

You can have Portuguese Rice Pudding using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Portuguese Rice Pudding

1. It’s 1 L of 3% (Homogenized) milk.

2. It’s 1 L of Water.

3. You need 1/4 lb of Butter (unsalted preferably).

4. Prepare 2 tsp of Salt.

5. It’s of Sliced zest of small lemon (count pieces of zest to ensure that all are removed later).

6. You need 1 1/4 cup of Arborio or Carolina Rice, soaked in water.

7. You need 1 cup of + 3 TBS white sugar.

8. It’s 6 of Egg Yolks.

9. You need of Cinnamon (for garnish).

I am so excited to finally share this recipe.

May not be for everyone and I understand 😊 but for those who will like to try please ask me.

Portuguese rice pudding is cooked entirely on top of the stove in a risotto like manner.

It traditionally is thickened and enriched further with egg yolks, but has a voluptuous texture even without them.

Portuguese Rice Pudding step by step

1. Cover with water and soak the rice in a small bowl (not the same water as below) and set aside..

2. Combine milk, water, butter, salt and lemon in a large pot. Be sure to count pieces of zest to ensure that all are removed later..

3. Bring contents of pot just to a boil using medium heat..

4. When milk boils drain the rice from step one and add it to milk..

5. LISTEN VERY CAREFULY - IMPORTANT STEP!!! Stir a couple of times to mix then leave on LOWEST heat WITHOUT STIRRING until rice grains come to the top of liquid, it will look almost solid. This takes at least 1 hour and maybe longer depending on the kind of rice used. Test to see that the rice is soft. If not, leave a bit longer..

6. Remove pieces of lemon zest..

7. Add Sugar and stir pot for 2 to 3 minutes to dissolve.

8. Lightly beat and add 6 egg yolks.

9. At this point start stirring constantly until mixture thickens and looks creamy, about 5 minutes..

10. Pour into a large heatproof dish or several smaller dishes, sprinkle with cinnamon and let cool..

This Portuguese rice pudding recipe (arroz doce) is another one from Nelson's book of traditions.

It's definately a favourite for him.

He had this dessert many times while growing up-most memorably.

Arroz Doce - Sweet Rice Pudding, has always been my family's favorite served on Christmas Eve.

This is one of the most famous Portuguese desserts served around the Holidays and at celebrations.