Recipe for White Chocolate Rice Pudding with Dried Cherry Sauce
Ingredients
- For the Pudding
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
- 3/4 cup medium-grain rice
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 cups half-and-half
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup white chocolate morsels
- For the Dried Cherry Sauce
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- 1/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries
- 2 cups Merlot
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
Cooking Directions
White Chocolate Rice Pudding: Combine water and rice in a large saucepan.
Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into pan. Stir seeds, pod, sugar, half-and-half, and salt into rice. Cook over medium-low heat 30 minutes, stirring often.
Remove vanilla bean pod. Add white chocolate morsels, stirring until melted. Let cool 5 minutes.
Spoon rice pudding into 8 individual serving dishes. If not serving immediately, cover and chill.
When ready to serve, top with Dried Cherry Sauce, and sprinkle with almonds.
Dried Cherry Sauce: Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and cook, uncovered, 27 minutes or until sauce coats a spon and is reduced to 1 cup, stirring occasionally. Cool completely.
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