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German Rice Pudding (Milchreis)

Milchreis (which literally means milk rice) is a creamy, delicious, and not too sweet German rice pudding made without eggs.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Dessert, Main Course
Cuisine: European, German
Keyword: German milk rice, German rice pudding recipe, Milchreis recipe
Servings: 4 Servings
Author: Ester | esterkocht.com

Ingredients

  • 250 g (8.8 oz/ about 1 1/3 cups) rice pudding medium grain or long grain white rice
  • 1.2 liter (40.6 fl.oz./ 5 cups) milk
  • 200 ml (about 6.8 fl.oz/ ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon heavy cream (whipping cream)
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 50 g (about 1.8 oz/ 1/4 cup) sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter

For the topping

  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  • Using the tip of the knife split the vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape out the vanilla seeds and mix the scraped-out seeds with sugar very well.
  • Next add about 2 tablespoons water in the medium pot, to prevent milk from sticking at the bottom of the pan. Next, add milk, whipping cream, empty vanilla bean, vanilla sugar that you have just made, butter, a pinch of salt and rice to the pot with a little bit of water. Give everything a good stir and bring to a boil over medium heat, uncovered.
  • Once the milk begins to boil, cover, then reduce the heat and let cook for about 30 minutes. Keep stirring in between, just to make sure that nothing sticks at the bottom. After 30 minutes remove vanilla bean from the pot, stir the pudding once more and serve. The pudding tastes both warm and cold great!
  • To serve mix cinnamon and sugar. Then divide the pudding among 4 to 6 serving bowls and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
    Or serve with toppings of your choice, from chocolate sauce, raspberry sauce, cherry sauce or any fruit compote of your choice. Enjoy.

Notes

To serve mix cinnamon and sugar. Then divide the pudding among 4 to 6 serving bowls and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture or toppings of your choice, from chocolate sauce, raspberry sauce, cherry sauce or any fruit compote of your choice. Enjoy.