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Baked rice pudding can be much more colorful than prescribed in original recipes. What I like to do is coloring food. It is so exciting and you never know how the food will look like at the end. The results can be exhilarating but would all people share the same excitement?

A few years ago a friend of mine made an experiment. She went to a local bakery and asked a baker to color the bread rolls with food colors for her party. He was quite surprised but eventually did what she asked. When the bread rolls were baked everyone in the bakery was really impressed by all those colorful bread rolls. They actually liked them so much that they decided to launch the production big time. The result? The bread rolls were really nice and colorful but something that market would be willing to "digest". The move was clearly too bold or perhaps too early.

On the day of the party we made a fantastic huge pile of colorful bread rolls. However, most of the people didn't share our excitement. They were suspiciously circling around the pile and wondered if the bread rolls were edible. A few of them took a bite or two but most were just observing and making comments. That event reminds me of experiments Coca Cola company made with their favorite product, interesting.

I am a big fan of Chinese pandan cake which is extraordinarily green, a result of pandan rice flakes. So I thought to my self, why not using pandan rice flakes in rice pudding recipe. It took some time to get the right texture but I was very pleased with the result. My mum's baked rice pudding recipe was a basis for this baking experiment. In fact pandan rice flakes were the only difference. Because of their distinct color the cooked rice turned bright green. But this is not the only benefit of pandan rice flakes. The baked rice pudding was lighter, fluffier and sweeter than its original counterpart.

Baked rice pudding recipe with pandan rice flakes:

Makes: 6 medium portions

INGREDIENTS:

- 250g long grain rice
- 1 liter of milk
- 115g unsalted butter
- 80g sugar
- 4 eggs
- 50g pandan flakes
- breadcrumbs

Method - how to make baked rice pudding with pandan rice flakes:

- Rinse rice under cold water. Add 50g of pandan flakes.
- Cook rice and pandan flakes in 1 liter of milk until the rice is soft. Add a pinch of salt.
- When the rice is cooked add butter and 50g of sugar.
- When the rice is cold and the butter is melted add egg yolks and mix everything together.
- Whisk egg whites and add the remaining sugar while whisking.
- Gently fold the rice mixture into whisked egg whites.
- Grease the oven proof pan with butter and coat it with breadcrumbs.
- Bake it in the preheated oven around 45 minutes. First 10 minutes on 190 degrees C and then lower the temperature to 170 degrees C. If the top is getting too brown just lower the temperature to 150 degrees C.

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Method (step by step):

STEP 1:

Rinse rice under cold water. Add 50g of pandan flakes to the rice.

STEP 2:

Cook rice and pandan flakes in 1 liter of milk until the rice is soft. Add a pinch of salt.

STEP 3:

When the rice is cooked, add butter and 50g of sugar.

STEP 4:

When the rice cools down and the butter is melted, add egg yolks and mix everything together.

STEP 5:

Whisk egg whites and add the remaining sugar while whisking.

STEP 6:

Gently fold the rice mixture into whisked egg whites.

STEP 7:

Grease the oven proof pan with butter and coat it with breadcrumbs.

STEP 8:

Bake pandan rice pudding in the preheated oven for approximately 45 minutes. First 10 minutes at 190 degrees C, then lower the temperature to 170 degrees C. If the top is getting too brown just lower the temperature to 150 degrees C.

Our coffee choice for baked rice pudding recipe with pandan rice flakes:

Cappuccino

Espresso

Cafe latte

Turkish coffee

* all combinations have been tested with medium roast Arabica blend

Why is cappuccino so above everything else and an obvious choice for this rice pudding recipe? The taste of rice and sweetness is the only taste that you will feel in your mouth. The cappuccino keeps its original taste. It doesn't become bitter. But, if you pair Turkish coffee with rice pudding, the taste of coffee will prevail over the taste of pudding. The result is distinct bitter taste (because of the rice's sweetness).

Baking tips:

After 10 minutes lower baking temperature to 170 degrees C otherwise the pudding could be burnt (relevant to any rice pudding recipe).
Always coat a pan with breadcrumbs or the baked rice pudding will stick to its walls preventing spotless presentation.

Good to know:

Pandan rice flakes are sweet rice flakes colored with the juice of the Pandanus amaryllifolius leaves.
Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant which is known as pandan.
Pandan flakes are light green in tone because of the chlorophyll in the juice.
Chlorophyll is responsible for the green pigmentation in plants.
Pandan rice flakes are available in almost every Chinese food shop.
Rice provides fast energy and it is good for bowel health. It is a good source of vitamin B1.
There are many different varieties of rice pudding recipe around the world. Almost every country in the world has its own version of rice pudding recipe.