Caramelized Rice Pudding with Pears and Raisins

Name: Caramelized Rice Pudding with Pears and Raisins
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apple juice; 237 milliliters Arborio rice or other short-grain rice; 828 milliliters chopped peeled Bosc pears; 1 stick (3-inch) cinnamon; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 3 Tbsps granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 946 milliliters 2% reduced-fat milk; 3 Tbsps nonfat dry milk; 118 milliliters raisins; 0 teaspoons salt; 3 inches vanilla bean, split lengthwise

Caramelized Rice Pudding with Pears and Raisins might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 355 calories, 7g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Only If you have vanilla bean, salt, ground nutmeg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 30

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Oven

Combine first 7 ingredients in a 3-quart casserole. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add seeds and bean to rice mixture.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Rice

Place dish in a 13 x 9-inch baking pan; add hot water to pan to a depth of 1 inch.

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Water

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Baking Pan

Bake at 300, uncovered, 2 1/2 hours or until the rice is tender, stirring occasionally. Discard cinnamon stick and vanilla bean; stir in cream. Cool.

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Cinnamon Stick

Vanilla Bean

Cream

Rice

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Oven

Combine pears and next 4 ingredients (pears through cinnamon stick) in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes or until tender. Discard cinnamon stick. Spoon about 1/3 cup pear mixture into the bottom of each of 8 (8-ounce) ramekins. Top each serving with about 1/3 cup rice pudding. Just before serving, sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over each serving. Holding a kitchen blow torch about 2 inches over rice pudding, heat the sugar, moving the torch back and forth, until sugar is completely melted and caramelized (about 45 seconds).

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Cinnamon Stick

Pear