Rice Pudding

This post is dedicated to my Grandma Annie.

Rice pudding is something that really reminds me of my Grandma Dueck. She made this for me and my brother (and I'm assuming all of my cousins as well) all the time. I remember eating this warm, creamy dish with a whole whack of cinnamon on top. If you can take a particular dish for granted, this is one that I definitely did. Once we were older and she moved out of her house into her condo, I can't remember ever having it again however time has not dimmed the memories of eating rice pudding in her kitchen at the house at the end of River Road South. Sometime last year, after my Grandma had passed away, my husband saw the rice pudding was on sale at the grocery store. We picked some up and I realized I had forgotten how much I liked it. And then all the memories of having it at Grandma's house came flooding back to me and I thought, "This is nonsense, I am Annie Dueck's granddaughter, I'm making this from scratch." So that's exactly what I did...

Creamy Rice Pudding:

Ingredients:
3/4 Cup uncooked white rice
2 cups milk, divided
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup golden raisins (my Grandma never made it with raisins but I happen to love them so I though, what the heck)
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
(as a side note, I changed the method with this recipe, for the original recipe's method follow the link above)
First, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan. Once the water is boiling, stir in the rice. Reduce heat to low and cover, simmering for 10 mins or until all the liquid is absorbed.
Next, in a clean saucepan, combine the cooked rice, 1 1/2 cups milk, sugar and salt.

Cook over medium heat until thick and creamy, at leeaaaasst 20 minutes, if not longer. Once you have it at a consistency you are happy with, stir in the remaining half cup of milk, beaten egg and raisins. Cook two minutes more, stirring constantly.

Once those two minutes are up, remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Serve topped with a little bit of cinnamon if you so desire.

That's also the same bowl that I used to eat rice pudding out of at Grandma's place. So it was really the only bowl I could eat it out of this time. Miss you every day, Grandma.

xoxo

Ash