Yes, I know, choosing rice pudding to review a cook book is different. It is something from my childhood and memories of it can be good, bad or indifferent.
Rice Pudding is something I avoided since I left home. My father loved rice pudding but as he was a diabetic the sweetener used always made the pudding taste slightly bitter.
Rice pudding is considered old fashioned unless it is revised to include fruit, jelly, jam, meringue or avocado (for all I know). But why should be fashionable? My main interest is if it tastes good.
Harper loves rice pudding. So, as I needed to review another cookbook, this one was chosen and I deferred to Harper’s wishes (for a change).
Melting butter has become quick and easy due to microwave ovens. Measuring the sugar and rice as very simple as was warming the milk, though of course it had to be watched so it did not boil but simple enough and then stirring it to dissolve the sugar and mix with the rice was again very easy.
The most difficult part was grating half of the whole nutmeg. Next time I would grate it over a plate to make sure the distribution was a little more even.
After putting it in the oven, I confess I was distracted by something or other and was only reminded to check the pudding due to the timer chiming.
Harper was in the kitchen, awaiting the removal of the pudding and immediately claimed a serve, unadorned by any additional items and insisted I have a taste.
Unfortunatley I did not photograph the final product but it did look something like this, whithout the artistic effect of the used nutmeg grater.
I tried it and reversed my opinion of rice pudding. This recipe was good and Harper ate it happily and requested the book be retained while hinting heavily that it should be made regularly.
As the book contains a lovely and possibly simple version of a golden syrup pudding, Tate au Citron etc, I am willing to bestow it a place on the bookshelf. (By now it should be apparent, I have a sweet tooth.)
Traditional Pudding be glad that you are not expelled and do not need to attend remedial classes.
Clean the Plate 