Portuguese Sweet Rice Pudding (Arroz Doce) Recipe
When my Avo’ was alive I used to look forward to her smiling face, bountiful meals, and desserts. I am not even kidding when I say that woman (God bless her) could cook from morning till night just to put a smile on her family’s face. She was selfless, and loved to cook for other’s!
Her recipes were some that I have been trying to recreate from memory, but there is no comparison to some of her traditional Portuguese dishes like her Arroz Doce (Portuguese Sweet Rice Pudding).
Molassadas, Sweet Bread, and arroz doce were some of my favorites that she made practically weekly. I love the lemony, sweet, creamy rice so much that I would eat more than I probably should have.
It was only 9 years later that I decided I wanted to tackle this recipe. I decided to use most of the homemade butter I made from my Roaring Brook Dairy, Fresh and Creamy Butter Kit.
That homemade touch made this pudding a hit!
Homemade Portuguese Sweet Rice (Arroz Doce) Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 Lemon Rinds
- 2 cups white rice-short, rounded grain
- 2 cups of water
- 6 cups of whole milk
- 2 cups of white sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- 6 Eggs Yolks
- 4 Tablespoons of butter
- 1 pinch of salt
Directions *Follow Carefully:
- In a thick stock pot, add your milk, water, butter, and rice bring these items to a simmer over medium heat
- Once your rice is simmering add your lemon rinds, pinch of salt, and sugar
- Cook over Low heat for 25 minutes-stir frequently
- Separate your egg yolks
- After 25 minutes, remove rice from heat, and stir in 1 egg yolk at a time
- Place pot back on burner and cook on low heat for 5 minutes-stir frequently
- You can remove the lemon rinds if you want, but I personally LOVE them, and for us that is what makes this dish so scrumptious!
- top with a generous amount of cinnamon
- Place in a nice serving dish, a Pyrex, or in individual cups. Refrigerate any leftovers
If you love sweet, delicious things then our Homemade Portuguese Sweet Rice Pudding Recipe is sure to be a hit! Best of all, this recipe is also gluten free!
If you like gluten free recipes, you may also like these desserts:
Easy Gluten Free Chocolate Macaroons
Gluten Free Lemon Squares
The Best Gluten Free French Toast Made with Almond Milk
Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins Made With Almond Flour
The Moistest Almond Flour Paleo & Gluten Free Banana Muffins
Printable Portuguese Sweet Rice Pudding Recipe:
Homemade Portuguese Sweet Rice Pudding (Arroz Doce)
Ingredients
- 2 whole lemon rinds
- 2 cups white rice, short grain
- 2 cups water
- 6 cups whole milk
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 6 egg yolks
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a thick stock pot, add your milk, water, butter, and rice bring these items to a simmer over medium heat
- Once your rice is simmering add your lemon rinds, pinch of salt, and sugar
- Cook over Low heat for 25 minutes-stir frequently
- Separate your egg yolks
- After 25 minutes, remove rice from heat, and stir in 1 egg yolk at a time
- Place pot back on burner and cook on low heat for 5 minutes-stir frequently
- You can remove the lemon rinds if you want, but I personally LOVE them, and for us that is what makes this dish so scrumptious!
- top with a generous amount of cinnamon
- Place in a nice serving dish, a Pyrex, or in individual cups. Refrigerate any leftovers
When do you add the vanilla, and mine is still really liquidy? And I followsed the directions perfectly. What should I do
You add it when it is simmering (it doesnt really matter) -keep stirring, and keep your heat at medium-this has never happened to me, but turning up the heat should help.