Ingredients
Instructions
In a medium sauce pan, combine rice, water, sugar and cinnamon stick and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick.
Combine milk, egg yolks and dulce de leche and stir into rice. Simmer over low heat 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thick and creamy. Serve warm topped with whipped cream, almonds, and cinnamon, if desired.
Recipe Tips
Alternatively, top with chocolate shards, fresh fruit or other nuts if desired.
While they are different products, caramel or cajeta can be used in place of dulce de leche.
This recipe can also be an arborio rice, rice cooker recipe by following the manufacturer's instructions.
Why Use Arborio Rice for Rice Pudding?
A short-grain rice most commonly used for risotto, Arborio has a high starch content that results in a velvety texture and rich taste when cooked, giving it the perfect consistency for rice pudding.
What is Dulce De Leche?
A popular Latin American confection, Dulce De Leche is prepared with a slow process of heating milk and sugar. The result is a spreadable caramelized sauce with a toffee-like flavor that is used for the fillings of many desserts, or drizzled on top of other sweets.
Making Your Own
You can buy Dulce De Leche pre-made in grocery stores, or spend the time to make your own how you like it. At its simplest form, this sauce is done by simmering milk and sugar together, but you have the freedom to add in vanilla extract, adjust the amount of sugar or use an alternative milk. Additionally, adding a small amount of baking soda will help percent the milk from coagulating, giving you a more consistent texture.
Can I Make Vegan Dulce De Leche?
Simply replace the milk with coconut cream, coconut milk and a small pinch of salt. Simmer for only about 20 minutes and keep an eye on it so that it doesn’t boil over!
Looking for more Vegan desserts? Check out this Vegan Cinnamon Cranberry Rice Pudding.
Other Meal Inspiration
For something more savory, take a look at our Lemon Orzo Soup recipe, or for something more exotic why not learn how to cook Pearl Couscous? Looking for a new dinner idea? Try our: shrimp and rice bowl.
