Nº 104 · Sweet slow cooker treats · serves 4

Rice Pudding with Lemon and Cinnamon

Name: Rice Pudding with Lemon and Cinnamon
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 250 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 tsp butter; 150 g short-grain rice; 1.2 l whole milk; 80 g sugar; 1 lemon (peel only, without the white pith); 1 cinnamon stick; 1 pinch salt; ground cinnamon, for sprinkling

In Spain: Arroz con leche

Spanish rice pudding just like Grandma made it: creamy, with lemon peel and cinnamon, without hours of stirring at the hob.

€3–4approx. €0.75–1.00 ppMildVegetarian10 min prepLOW 4–5 hrs · HIGH 2½–3 hrs

Budget version · from €2–3Just the essentials, with money-saving tips

Ingredients serves 4

Tick off what you already have at home.

1 tspbuttermantequilla
Any supermarket
Aisle: lácteos. Choose 'sin sal' or 'con sal' deliberately; both are widely sold.
150 gshort-grain ricearroz redondo
1.2 lwhole milkleche entera
80 gsugarazúcar
1lemon (peel only, without the white pith)limón
1cinnamon stickcanela en rama
1 pinchsalt
ground cinnamon, for sprinklingcanela molidatopping

Method

1
Grease the inner pot halfway up the sides with butter; this stops it sticking. Heat the milk in a pan until almost boiling.
2
Don't rinse the rice: the starch makes the pudding creamy. Put the rice, hot milk, sugar, lemon peel, cinnamon stick and salt in the slow cooker.
3
Cook for 2½–3 hours on HIGH or 4–5 hours on LOW. Give it a stir every hour, especially at the start, so the rice doesn't stick to the bottom.
4
The pudding is ready when the rice is soft and still loose; it thickens considerably as it cools. Fish out the peel and cinnamon stick.
5
Serve warm or cold, sprinkled with ground cinnamon (optional).

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