Classic rice pudding

Have this creamy rice pudding cooking in the oven while you make dinner and round off your meal with a comforting pud. Serve with jam for a feel-good treat

Prep:5 mins
Cook:1 hrs 30 mins

Serves 6
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 358
fat 21g
saturates 13g
carbs 36g
sugars 0g
fibre 0.3g
protein 6g
salt 0.2g

Ingredients

butter, for the dish
130g pudding rice
70g caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla bean paste or 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
800ml whole milk
170ml double cream
grating of nutmeg
fruit jam of your choice, to serve (strawberry or apricot work well)

Tip

PUDDING TWISTS

Try swapping the vanilla for lemon or orange zest to change the flavour. Alternatively, use vegan spread, coconut milk and coconut cream to make the pudding dairy-free.

Method

Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and butter a 1.5-litre baking dish. Put the pudding rice, sugar, vanilla, milk and cream in a bowl and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and grate over a generous layer of nutmeg. Bake for 1 hr 30 mins until a brown skin has formed on top and the rice is cooked and tender.
Leave to cool slightly, then scoop the warm pudding into bowls and serve with a dollop of jam on top.

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