Slow Cooker Orange Almond Rice Pudding Food

SLOW COOKER RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Stir 4 cups milk, white sugar, and rice together in a slow cooker until the sugar dissolves; add margarine.
• Cook on High for 2 1/2 hours.
• Beat egg, 2 tablespoons milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt together in a bowl.
• Temper the egg by stirring a small amount of the hot rice mixture into the egg mixture to gently warm the egg without cooking it; stir the egg mixture into the rice in the slow cooker.
• Continue cooking on High until creamy, about 15 minute more.
• Transfer pudding to a glass baking dish, cover with plastic wrap leaving two corners uncovered to vent, and refrigerate until chilled completely, at least 1 hour.

ORANGE RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Squeeze out excess water from the raisins and keep aside.
• Boil milk in a non-stick saucepan.
• Drain and add rice to the boiling milk, reduce heat to low and cook, stirring continuously until the rice is soft and the milk is completely absorbed.
• Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Combine cooked rice with honey, raisins, vanilla, grated orange rind and chopped dates (if desired), and fresh orange juice.
• Pour into a medium ceramic or glass ovenproof dish.
• Bake the pudding in a preheated oven at 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes.
• Serve warm or chilled.

ORANGE RICE PUDDING WITH GOLDEN RAISINS (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a crock pot combine milk, sugar & rice, then cover & cook, stirring occasionally, on high for 3 to 3 1/2 hours until creamy.
• Spoon into a serving bowl & after stirring in the raisins & zest, let it set ~ Pudding will thicken as it cools.
• Before serving, dust lightly with nutmeg.