Brown Rice Pudding With Apples and Pears
Prep
10 mins
Cook
1 hr 15 mins
Servings
8
Difficulty
Medium
This comforting brown rice pudding has become one of my favorite ways to use up apples and pears from the farmers market. Brown rice is such a nutritious base, packed with fiber that keeps you satisfied, and it transforms into something wonderfully creamy when simmered with milk. The best part is how simple this is to make, with just one pot and about ninety minutes from start to finish. A touch of cinnamon and vanilla rounds out the flavors beautifully, making it feel like a special dessert even though it fits perfectly into a healthy eating plan. Your family will love it.
Ella x
Ingredients
- 946 mlnonfat milk
- 237 mlnonfat dry milk powder
- 237 mlbrown rice
- 3cinnamon sticks(or 1 whole vanilla bean)
- 1 pinchsalt
- 3 tablespoonsbrown sugar(use more if you like a sweeter rice pudding) or 3 tablespoons baking Splenda sugar substitute (use more if you like a sweeter rice pudding)
- 1 teaspoonsvanilla(only if using cinnamon sticks)
- 1 pinchground nutmeg
- 237 mlplain nonfat yogurt
- 2tart apples(peeled, cored and diced)
- 1pear(peeled, cored and diced)
Detail level
Instructions
- 1
Place powdered milk in a large heavy sauce pan, add about 1 cup of milk and whisk to form a slurry. Add remaining milk and continue to whisk. Place the milk mixture over medium high heat adding cinnamon sticks or vanilla bean, rice and salt. (If you are using the bean, use a knife to cut a lengthwise slit across the bean so that it releases the seeds into the milk.) Bring just to a boil, do not let the milk scald, and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for 60-70 minutes, stirring occasionally. At the end of the hour the milk should be almost fully absorbed, about three quarters gone.
- 2
Stir in the sugar, vanilla (if using cinnamon sticks), nutmeg and three quarters of the fruit continuing to cook another 15 minutes. The rice pudding mixture will continue to thicken which is good.
- 3
Remove the pudding from the heat and fetch out the cinnamon sticks. Stir in the yogurt.
- 4
Transfer the warm pudding to a serving bowl or individual serving dishes. Garnish with remaining diced fruit and sprinkle with cinnamon.
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