Caramelized Rice Pudding

9 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup arborio rice
  • 1/2 vanilla, bean split, and seeds scraped and reserved
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling
  • 1/4 cup turbinado sugar or 1/4 cup other raw sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350°F Put milk, rice and vanilla bean and seeds into a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until rice has absorbed most of the liquid, 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat. Discard vanilla bean.
  2. 2
    Whisk cream, granulated sugar, salt, yolks, and cinnamon in a bowl. Pour into rice mixture, stirring constantly. Return to heat; bring to a simmer. Divide among 4 6-oz ramekins set in a roasting pan; add boiling water halfway up sides. Bake until almost set, 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes.
  3. 3
    Sprinkle tops with raw sugar, dividing evenly.
  4. 4
    Using a kitchen torch, caramelize sugar. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

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