Danish Christmas Rice Pudding. Milton Abel, former head pastry chef at the French Laundry, Amass, and Noma, knows a thing or two about desserts. Here he serves up a traditional Danish. Whip the cream together with sugar.

The most popular Danish Christmas dessert, Risalamande is a wonderfully creamy almond rice pudding that is served topped with a delicious cherry sauce! Risengrød, or rice pudding, has been a beloved dish in Denmark for centuries, a dish enjoyed by rich and poor alike. See also: Recipe for normal Danish Rice Pudding. You can have Danish Christmas Rice Pudding using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Danish Christmas Rice Pudding

1. It's 300 ml of water.
2. It's 180 g of rice.
3. You need 1 liter of milk.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
5. It's 4 tbsp of sugar.
6. You need 2 tsp of cinnamon.
7. Prepare 50 g of butter.

Risalamande is more or less only served as a Christmas dessert right after the dinner on Christmas eve. Place the rice in a heavy bottomed saucepan along with the milk and the scraped vanilla pod and seeds. It is a rice pudding like no other. On Christmas it is a tradition to add a whole almond to the bowl.

Danish Christmas Rice Pudding instructions

1. Put rice and water in a pot and bring it to a boil.
2. Boil for about 2 mins, then add the salt.
3. Now add all the milk and bring to a boil again.
4. As soon as the milk starts boiling, quickly remove the pot and wrap it completely in a towel.
5. Put the wrapped bundle of ricey goodness under your bed covers and leave it there for about 2.5 hours.
6. While you wait, you can prepare the topping by mixing the cinnamon and sugar (not that it takes 2.5 hours to do that...).
7. If the pudding is still a little thin/watery after the wait, you can give it a quick boil to get rid of the remaining liquid.
8. Serve in a small bowl, spread the cinnamon sugar, and put a small chunk of butter in the middle. Merry Christmas!.

The one who gets it, wins a prize. This is a Christmas favorite that allow us to enjoy the wonderful rich flavors and festive colors of this dessert. It is a rice pudding like no other. Milton Abel, former head pastry chef at the French Laundry, Amass, and Noma, knows a thing or two about desserts. Here he serves up a traditional Danish Christmas rice pudding, which he spikes with cream cheese, cinnamon, and lemon while a brass band plays us into the holiday season.