Slow Cooked Rice Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Carolina® White Rice
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cubed and divided
- 5 cups 3.25% whole milk
- 3/4 cups organic cane sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tbsp freshly grated orange zest
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp fresh nutmeg, grated
Instructions
This rice is made in the slow cooker, but once it is finished it´s well worth the wait!
Step 1
Rub inner bowl of slow cooker with half the butter. Add milk, sugar and salt; stir until combined. Stir in rice and dot with remaining butter.
Step 2
Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on HIGH for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until rice is very tender and mixture is thick and creamy.
Step 3
Stir in orange zest and vanilla. Serve warm, or cool in refrigerator until well chilled and serve cold.
Step 4
Sprinkle with nutmeg before serving.
Recipe Tips
Stir in 1/2 cup raisins in the last 30 minutes of cooking if desired.
Alternatively, cook pudding on LOW in slow cooker for 5 to 6 hours.
Orange Zest Prep
Have you ever noticed that several recipes that you have made called for orange zest but you just squeezed in some orange juice and called it a day. You thought that making orange zest was just too difficult of a process. You were wrong! It really could not be any easier and we are here to help you with all of the steps.
First you must know where the zest can be found. It will always be on the outside layer of the skin. Keep in mind that a little bit of zest is all you will need. The white part of the peel is very bitter so try to avoid using that in your zest.
The easiest and most convenient way to zest an orange is with the fine side of a grater. Sometimes it is common for a recipe to ask for different sizes of zest. If the recipe calls for a thicker zest then you should use the thicker side of the grater. While making this recipe Baked Orange Cauliflower Rice Bowl the size of the zest is not of great importance.
Having a surplus of zest is not an issue. Freezing the excess zest is a possibility and it can be used at a later date. An easy way to store the zest is to spread it out in a thin layer on top of a cookie sheet and then freeze it. You can freeze it in a ziplock bag for up to a month.
Recipes also call for different types of zest like lime and lemon. You can see in this tasty Coconut and Almond Rice Tart recipe or this Moroccan Rice and Chicken Salad.
Making Perfect Rice Pudding Tips
Carolina® Rice knows our rice pudding. We have over a dozen rice pudding recipes for you to enjoy. From Strawberry, Churro and Chocolate Rice Pudding to Coffee Mousse Rice Pudding your options are endless. Here are just a few tricks to help you along the way:
A good way to begin is to soak the rice at least 20 minutes before cooking. Does your rice tend to be runny? You can thicken it by adding more cooked rice, reducing the liquid by boiling it down or by adding a thickener such as flour. It will thicken as it cools.
Make sure that you are cooking the rice long enough, otherwise it will turn out hard and crunchy.
It will also turn out mushy if it is not cooked long enough.
For more incredible tips on how to make the best rice pudding check out our blog post here.
