Caramelized Rice Pudding

Total Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup arborio rice
• 1/2 vanilla, bean split, and seeds scraped and reserved
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling
• 1/4 cup turbinado sugar or 1/4 cup other raw sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f put milk, rice and vanilla bean and seeds into a medium saucepan. bring to a simmer. cook, stirring occasionally, until rice has absorbed most of the liquid, 15-20 minutes. remove from heat. discard vanilla bean.
• 2 whisk cream, granulated sugar, salt, yolks, and cinnamon in a bowl. pour into rice mixture, stirring constantly. return to heat; bring to a simmer. divide among 4 6-oz ramekins set in a roasting pan; add boiling water halfway up sides. bake until almost set, 15 minutes. let cool 10 minutes.
• 3 sprinkle tops with raw sugar, dividing evenly.
• 4 using a kitchen torch, caramelize sugar. sprinkle with cinnamon.