Coconut Rice Pudding

Date: 2010.03.04 | Category: Cooking | Tags: dessert,rice,slow cooker

While you are creating away in the kitchen for your next meal, why not have the slow cooker be in charge of dessert?  There are hundreds of dessert slow cooker recipes you can choose from and you will realize you have one less dish to create.

I have chosen a flavorful rice pudding that is not a heavy dessert.  It’s a perfect ending to just about any meal.  It requires a few extra steps but it’s worth it in the end.  Go find your Crock Pot and make this tonight!

Ingredients:

2 c. water
1 c. uncooked long-grain rice
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
pinch of salt
18-0z. evaporated milk
1 14-0z. can cream of coconut
1/2 c. golden raisins
3 egg yolks, beaten
grated peel of 2 limes
1 tsp. vanilla
toasted shredded coconut

Place water, rice, butter and salt in medium saucepan.  Bring to rolling boil over high heat, stirring frequently.  Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 10 to 12 minutes.  Remove form heat; let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.

Grease the inside of the slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.  Add evaporated milk, cream of coconut, raisins, egg yolks, lime peel and vanilla.  Mix well.  Add rice and stir to combine.  Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours.  Stir every 30 minutes if possible (should be easy to hit a few of those stirrings if you are cooking the main meal along side the slow cooker).  Pudding with thicken as it cools.  Top with toasted coconut.

Get in your kitchen!  These recipes this week are making it very easy for you to become a master of your domain.  Impress your significant other with these basics.

xo–me