Snack · 55 min · brazilian

Arroz Doce (Rice Pudding)

Rice does the heavy lifting here, with milk rounding it out. A Brazilian snack that takes 55 minutes, start to finish. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 8 grams of protein per serving. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 cup Rice
• 4 cups Milk
• 1 cup Sugar
• 3 Egg yolks
• 1 Lemon
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 3 Cloves
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 0.25 tsp Salt

Steps

1. Simmer the rice in 2 cups of water with the lemon peel, cinnamon sticks, and cloves until the water is absorbed — infusing the rice itself with spice is the Brazilian touch.
2. Add the milk and simmer gently 25 minutes, stirring often, until the rice is very tender and the mixture is creamy. Remove the spices and peel.
3. Whisk the yolks with the sugar and a ladle of hot pudding, then stream back in, stirring constantly. Cook 3 minutes more until it thickens slightly.
4. The pudding should be loose enough to pour slowly — it sets considerably as it cools.
5. Pour into a serving dish and dust the top generously with ground cinnamon while warm.
6. Serve warm or chilled. Warm arroz doce is comfort; chilled, with its skin on top, is nostalgia.

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