Snack · 55 min · portuguese

Arroz Doce

A Portuguese snack built around arborio rice and milk — on the table in 55 minutes. Each serving lands at 300 calories with 10g of protein, so it eats like a much heavier meal. Naturally vegetarian, it scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 cup Arborio rice
• 4 cups Milk
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 3 Egg yolks
• 1 Lemon
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Butter

Steps

1. Simmer the rice in water 5 minutes, drain, then start it in the milk with lemon peel — the two-step method keeps it creamy.
2. Cook on low 30 minutes, stirring often, until the rice is tender and the mixture thick.
3. Stir in the sugar and cook 5 minutes more; the pudding should ribbon off the spoon.
4. Temper the yolks with hot pudding, return to the pot, and stir 2 minutes off the boil.
5. Pour into a wide dish and cool; a skin will form, and traditionalists consider it the best part.
6. Dust with cinnamon in decorative patterns before serving.

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