Easy Rice Pudding Recipe & Coffee
I grew up with this easy rice pudding recipe. My mum used to bake rice pudding every week and she has been well known for baking the best her neighbourhood. This has always been so impressive to everyone. Maybe even too impressive because it took me years to start baking it on my own.
This may look like overindulging in nostalgic feelings, but vivid memories of my mum's yummy rice pudding is the main reason for not having tried any other easy rice pudding recipe than hers. Though it has been given a little twist, to be perfectly honest. The joy of experimenting with different ingredients is the one to be blamed for this. When I introduced baked rice pudding with pandan flakes to my mum for first time she did not really show any excitement. How on earth could the rice pudding be green? Old school I guess. Well, the story turned 180 degrees when she tried it.
Yummy rice pudding and different recipes can be found in almost every country in the world but the way how they are made differ from country to country. However, the ingredients are pretty much the same: rice, milk, sweetener and eggs. They may contain also different spices, flavorings and fruits. In Slovenia, my home country, rice pudding is usually prepared in two different ways: we cook it and we bake it. I am especially fond of baked rice pudding with added fruits.
Well but it's not only me. My husband is also a real fan of yummy baked rice pudding so I bake it every time when our sweet teeth demand it. And there must be a drink as well and my number one choice is always coffee. I just can't imagine having tea, juice or any other drink with baked rice pudding. The tastes of other beverages just don't combine well with the taste of baked rice pudding, period. This is my personal taste of course and perhaps many would disagree with my choice.
Here are some of the easy rice pudding recipes which have been baked in our kitchen for years and are great coffee companions:
Rice pudding baking tips
- For best results use long grain white rice. Baked rice pudding will be a bit drier if you use long grain rice instead of short grain rice.
- Wash the rice before cooking and remove blackened grains.
- Please use semi skimmed or whole milk for the recipes on this website. If you use skimmed milk rice pudding won't be sufficiently creamy.
- Sometimes I go with my easy rice pudding recipe even further and swap rice with millet. The rest of the recipe remains the same. Outrageous? Not really, it is pretty damn good, yummy!
Good to know
- Rice was first cultivated in Asia over 1000 years ago.
- The rice came to Europe from India.
- In Europe rice pudding was first mentioned in medical texts in Roman times. It was used for medical purposes to heal upset stomach and poor digestion.
- Even within a single country you can find so many different easy rice pudding recipes. Different types of rice pudding are based on different preparation methods and different ingredients.
Other pudding recipes
There are of course other pudding recipes and our healthy yummy
chocolate pudding recipe is among the best.
