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Portuguese Rice Custard Recipe
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Portuguese Rice Custard Recipe

Recipe from Portugal! Making a traditional, gluten-free Portuguese Rice Custard Recipe for dessert is so easy. It's quick and easy to make and a must in my family for Easter Sunday.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Portuguese
Servings: 14
Calories: 125kcal
Cost: $

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice Jasmine Rice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 lemon, peel size of your thumb
  • 4 cups water
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks

Instructions

Cooking Rice

  • Add the 4 cups of water, salt, a wedge of lemon, with a stick of cinnamon into the pot along with the rice.
    boiling water
  • Add rice and let it start cooking the rice for about 15 minutes.
  • Add the 2 cup of room temperature milk slowly as the rice cooks and stir quickly.
  • Once the rice starts to cook add the sugar and mix everything together.
  • Turn heat down to medium and stir as it cooks. About 20 minutes until you see this creamy looking rice.

Custard Mix

  • In a separate bowl mix the egg yolk, vanilla and 1 cup of milk and stir.
  • Turn your heat down and add the mixture to the rice in the pot while mixing steadily and fast so not to cook the egg yolk and have a lumpy custard base.
  • Pour the rice into a pie dish and let the rice cool. About 4 hours
  • Top with fruit or cinnamon

Notes

  • When cooking the rice, I tend to watch it cook so not to over cook and burn at the bottom
  • I also rinse my rice under cold water, it helps not become too starchy.
  • Cinnamon is the most common top for  in Portugal but I am not a fan so I like fruit of raisins on top.

Nutrition

Serving: 770g | Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 360mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 122IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 1mg