Tines Nans Danish Christmas Rice Pudding

MrsTinks

The famous rice pudding Now translated - sorry for the delay, I had to dig it out first from my christmas box where I dafty put it for safe keeping

When making this you start out with a Rice porridge. This you can either server hot as is and sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar and a dollop of real butter in the middle. This is what we leave out for our "nisser" and for Santa

Rice Porridge:

2 1/4 dl (approx 190gr) porridge rice (pudding rice)
2 1/2 dl Water
1 Ltr Milk (I prefer using whole, but it's a matter of choice)
1/2 tea spoon of salt (leave out if you are using the basic porridge to make the Ris a la Mande below)

Add the water, milk and rice (and salt if using) to a large saucepan and bring to the boil slowly. Keep simmering gently and keep stirring! Stir and cook until you have a nice porridge consistency. Serve hot with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top and a dollop of butter.


Ris A La Mande:

1/2 portion of Rice porridge as per above.
1 Tablespoon sugar
3 teaspoons of vanilla sugar (you could substitute this with vanilla pod and another spoon of sugar)
50 gr of shelled and finely chopped almonds
2 dl whiping cream

Wait till porridge is cold, whip the cream and mix all the other ingredients first. Then fold in the cream. Serve straight from fridge. Traditionally we put one whole shelled almond in for christmas - our version of the english penny
We then have an "almond" present, usually a marcipan pig

Serve the Ris A La Mande as it is or with Rumtopf or a cherry sauce (warm).

It is VERY filling but everyone round here is addicted to it now lol

Enjoy!!!

greenpixey

tine wrote:

The famous rice pudding Now translated - sorry for the delay, I had to dig it out first from my christmas box where I dafty put it for safe keeping Enjoy!!!

Thanks, I have been eagerly waiting for you to post this. :T

MrsTinks

No worries I've been running through all my christmas stuff to find it... I knew it was round but I didn't know where I put it. Nearly had to phone my nan to get it (again) lol - thankfully it turned up! There are other versions of it out there but this is the one I grew up with

pavlovs_dog

are you dutch then, tine? or from a dutch family?

MrsTinks

Danish - born and bred Just lived here for about 11 years now

foreverskint

oooo that sounds lovely tine.

Can't wait to try it.........:drool:

recovering_spendaholic

This sounds lovely! Sorry if I'm a bit dense but can someone tell me what a dl is?

MrsTinks

decilitre - a tenth of a litre or 100 ml

maow425

We have the same kind of "rice pudding" in Norway, but mum used to make a strawberry/raspberryish kind of sauce from squash, sugar (although I tend to use sweetener) and cornflour. Same recipe for the rice porridge, mixed with whipped cream when cooled, and served with the sauce (chilled). Going home to Norway for x-mas with my dh and 3 children (2 boys 6 and 2, and another due in less than 5 weeks). Can't wait for the 'riskrem' as we call it.

I have made a x-mas cake this year, and I'm just hoping I'll manage to bring it with me without being stopped at the airport by some burly Norwegian policeman asking what the heck that huge, heavy foilwrapped thing in my luggage is. The one that the sniffer dogs found and then passed out from sniffing all that brandy that it's been fed with! LOL