Can you make rice pudding with risotto rice

Baglady_2

At that price, do you think risottos would work using pudding rice then?

thriftlady_2

Baglady wrote: »

At that price, do you think risottos would work using pudding rice then?

I don't see why not. It probably wouldn't cut it with an Italian but I'm sure it would be more than edible.

I remember reading an article in the Good Food mag years ago about a family living on wartime rations for a week. One of the things they made was a mushroom risotto with pudding rice which was very successful.

Prudent

I make all my risottos with pudding rice and they turn out well.

As milk is on offer just now, I am making lots of rice pudding

Butterfly_Brain

I have used it for Risotto too - Arborio rice is so expensive it is a cheaper option.
It is in the foreign produce aisle by the way.
It does not work out as expensive as it sounds because 500g of Asda pudding rice is 84p which is 1.68 a kg and the big bag is not 3kg as I said before it is actually 5 kgs (just checked) which equates to 77p per kg

ness_w

No local supermarket sells pudding rice any more so I bought risotto rice at twice the price (grrr). Can I use it exactly the same as ordinary throw it in the oven for hours pudding recipes, or will I have to tweak the amount of milk/cooking time? Thanks for your help.

JulieGeorgiana

Odd... my local Tesco and Saisbury's both sell it for 99p.

I am sure I read somewhere that Risotto rice couldn;t be substituted... I hope someone can confirm or deny that for you.

Fluffysheep38

Just a thought, but did you look in the rice section or in the dessert section? It might not be where you'd expect it to be

kymbogs

It's always been near the tinned rice pud, jelly sachets etc in my locals

Butterfly_Brain

Asda and the co-op do it as well

Raksha

I made a rice pudding in my slow cooker the other day with Risotto rice, and it was lovely. I eventually found the pudding rice in my local Tesco, as other's have said, with the tinned rice pudding/jellies etc (I originally looked with the rice and pasta, and the home baking areas)