Rice Pudding With Raisins And Cinnamon (arroz Con Leche)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 cups water
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 1 large lemon, cut into 6 - 2 x 1/2 inch strips lemon peel (yellow part only)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups whole milk
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 vanilla beans, slpit lengthwise in half
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• additional cinnamon stick (optional)

Recipe

• 1 bring 2 cups water to boil in medium saucepan.
• 2 remove from heat.
• 3 add rice; let stand 15 minutes.
• 4 pour rice into strainer and drain, then rince rice under cold running water until water runs clear.
• 5 bring 4 cups water to boil in large saucepan.
• 6 add rice, lemon peel strips, and salt and return to boil.
• 7 reduce heat to low cover and simmer until rice is almost tender, about 10 minutes.
• 8 drain and discard lemon peel.
• 9 combine 5 cups milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and 2 cinnamon sticks in large saucepan.
• 10 scrape in seeds from vanilla beans; add beans.
• 11 bring to a boil.
• 12 reduce heat to medium and boil gently until mixture thickens and is reduced to 2 3/4 cups (45-760 minutes).
• 13 remove vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks.
• 14 stir in rice, raisins and sugar.
• 15 continue to cook on low; stirring until raisins are plump and flavors blend, about 5 minutes.
• 16 spoon pudding to bowls,.
• 17 sprinkle with ground cinnamon and grated lemon peel.
• 18 garnish with cinnamon sticks, if desired.