Orange Rice Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup raisins, soaked in water for 15 minutes
• 2 cups whole milk or 2 cups skim milk
• 1/3 cup medium grain rice, washed and soaked in sufficient water for 30 minutes
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon orange rind, grated (optional)
• 6 -8 pitted dates, coarsely chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice

Recipe

• 1 squeeze out excess water from the raisins and keep aside.
• 2 boil milk in a non-stick saucepan.
• 3 drain and add rice to the boiling milk, reduce heat to low and cook, stirring continuously until the rice is soft and the milk is completely absorbed.
• 4 remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• 5 combine cooked rice with honey, raisins, vanilla, grated orange rind and chopped dates (if desired), and fresh orange juice.
• 6 pour into a medium ceramic or glass ovenproof dish.
• 7 bake the pudding in a preheated oven at 160 degrees celsius (320 degrees fahrenheit) for 15 minutes.
• 8 serve warm or chilled.