The first time I ate ‘Milchreis’ (German for ‘rice pudding’) was in a traditional German cafe overlooking the town square of the beautiful town of Freudenstadt in the Black Forest. It was served just warm, with fresh fruits. Memories like that will never fade…
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Years (and hundreds of milk rice bowls!) later I have been experimenting with vegan versions. Soya milk is good. Almond milk is even better. And then I recently discovered coconut milk too, and loved it! Strange for someone who always believed she didn’t like coconut in desserts! However, the coconut milk version is so very rich and is only really suitable as a small dessert portion. So today I will share my almond milk recipe with you.
Do try it. It is the perfect autumn/winter comfort food! 🙂
Almond milk rice
For 2 large or 4 small portions
- 125g short-grain rice
- 600ml almond milk (unsweetened)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
Bring the milk to the boil and then add the rice, vanilla and cardamom. Stir well and return to a very low heat. Put the lid on your saucepan and leave for about 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally. You can then test to see if it is soft enough. If you like, you can add a little more milk or soya cream towards the end of the cooking time to make it even more delicious and creamy!
I recommend serving the milk rice just warm, with fruits of your choice. I chose sweetened Amarena cherries today – a bit too sweet perhaps – but it is also very good with fresh tart berries or plum compote, or a generous sprinkling of cinnamon sugar. Or why not try my winter spice syrup recipe, which I posted with my traditional milk rice recipe many moons ago! 🙂
Enjoy!
Sounds perfect for colder days
It will be on the menu again this week I think Christina, as we have been forecast sleet and snow!
[J] Yes this is something I’ve had. It’s really lovely. Vegan milk has got better and better – and many variants too, to suit different tastes.
We love hazelnut and cashew milk too. Sadly the squirrels and dormice get most of our hazelnuts, so I haven’t tried making my own yet.
Another easy winner!
🙂 And homemade is always so much better!
Yes, it is! I hope you keep posting recipes. It is turning my mind. 🙂
Another couple are already in the pipeline Eliza! 😉
Yum I love rice pudding in the Winter. It never crossed my mind to try it with almond or any other milk.Great idea Cathy I will give it a go.
I love cashew milk as well, and soya is also good for cooking, but almond is definitely our favourite at the moment. 🙂
I really struggle with soya milk, too sickly. Almond is better.
We tried so many different brands before finding a soya milk we liked!
This sounds delicious, and this weekend’s cool temperatures will be perfect to give it a try 🙂
The perfect snack on a cold day after doing the last garden chores… I have just about got tidied up out there now. What is still standing will have to stay, and the Miscanthus will be cut down in December or January. 🙂
Oh I love this! I use almond milk in my coffee every morning so I have the supply! 🙂 I would love this recipe, no doubt at all.
We love a glass of almond milk for breakfast. My current favourite! 🙂
That looks yummy. I’ve used almond milk in a variety of things. It’s amazing how versatile it is. Thanks for sharing, Cathy.
I might try this with hazelnut milk next. Wish the squirrels had left us a few of our own hazelnuts! 😉
Oh I love hazelnuts. I’ve never had hazelnut milk though. I bet that’s scrumptious.
When we first bought this house we had an ancient almond tree. The squirrels picked it clean year after year, making a huge mess in the process for me to clean up. They’re efficient, I’ll give them that. 😉
Looks good. Reminds me of the rice pudding my mom used to make.
I think that is probably the essence of comfort food… provoking happy memories! 🙂
Looks so yummy. Comfort food.
Just what we need at this time of year! 🙂
sounds deeeelicious!!
It is! 🙂
Looks delicious! I can’t drink almond milk but I love the idea of coconut milk; will have to try this recipe soon…. 🙂
It is lovely with soya milk too Sheryl. 🙂
This looks so good. and relatively simple to do. thanks for sharing 🙂
Pleased to share, and thank you for visiting!
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