Dessert Recipes - Creamy Rice with Bay Leaf Recipe

Ingredients

• 750 ml/3 cups whole milk

• 1 large bay leaf

• Thinly pared rind of 1/2 orange

• 15 g/1 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup short-grain pudding rice

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp granulated sugar

• 50 g/2 oz/1/3 cup sultanas (golden raisins)

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Method:

1. Bring the milk, bay leaf and orange rind to the boil. Leave until cold. Use half the butter to grease a 900 ml/3 3/4 cup ovenproof dish.

2. Put the rice, sugar and sultanas in the greased dish. Strain over the milk and dot with the remaining butter. Stir gently.

3. Cook in a preheated oven at 150°C/300°F/gas mark 2 for 2 hours or until the rice is tender and creamy. Serve hot.