Arroz con leche (rice pudding)
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | Milk |
| 3 | Eggs; separated | |
| 1 | Stick cinnamon | |
| 1 | cup | Rice; uncooked |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon or orange skin* |
Directions
Soak rice covered in water about 10 minutes. Drain; and mix rice; milk; egg yolks; sugar; cinnamon stick and orange zest in sauce pan and cook; constantly stirring; at very low heat (to prevent burning).
When it begins to thicken (about 20 minutes); remove from fire. While it is cooling; beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Strain rice mixture to remove cinnamon; lemon peel. Gently fold rice mixture in to beaten egg whites. Pour into a shallow bowl; cool. Serve sprinkled with cinnamon.