Italian Recipe ✶ Italian (Arborio) Rice Pudding

A very rich, smooth, and creamy rice pudding with a hint of lemon. Pudding will thicken as it cools, but it's best served at room temperature or slightly warm.

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup Arborio rice
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 (1 1/2 inch) piece lemon peel, or more to taste
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, for garnish

Cooking Directions

1. Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan; add rice, butter, and salt. Place a cover on the saucepan, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook rice at a simmer until the rice is tender and the moisture is mostly absorbed, about 20 minutes.
2. Stir half-and-half and sugar into the rice until the sugar dissolves; add cinnamon stick and lemon peel. Bring the mixture to a boil and remove from heat.
3. Place a large stainless steel bowl atop a pot of simmering water. Pour the rice mixture into the top of the double boiler and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 45 minutes.
4. Pour rice pudding into a serving dish. Remove and discard cinnamon stick and lemon peel from pudding; let cool slightly before garnishing with cinnamon to serve.

Nutrition Facts

• calories319.4
• carbohydrateContent49.7 g
• cholesterolContent37.4 mg
• fatContent11.9 g
• fiberContent0.6 g
• proteinContent4.4 g
• saturatedFatContent7.4 g
• sodiumContent121.9 mg
• sugarContent25.1 g