Peaches & Rice
Sugar, spice and everything nice. That's what makes this recipe a real peach. It tastes more like a dessert than a side dish. Think of rice pudding kicked up another notch. It's good to the last grain.
Ingredients
- 1 cup(s) arborio rice
- 3 cup(s) milk
- 1 tablespoon(s) butter
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 eggs separated
- 333/1000 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 14 ounce(s) peach halves in syrup, drained and chopped (save syrup in case needed for cooking rice)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan bring the milk, rice cinnamon stick and butter to simmer over low heat.
- Let it simmer uncovered for 20 minutes until rice is soft, stirring occasionally.
- Should be wet; if is dry add some syrup from peaches.
- Discard cinnamon stick.
- Let it cool and stir once a while to keep it creamy.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees In a medium bowl whip the egg whites until stiff peak form.
- Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix egg yolks and sugar until light in color.
- Strain peaches.
- Pour egg yolk mixture into cooled rice and stir well.
- Fold in whipped egg whites.
- Butter or spray 10-inch round baking dish.
- Pour half rice mixture in add peaches on top and cover with rest of rice mixture.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake uncovered until golden brown, about 1 hour.
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Nutrition
Calories: 3043.9kcalCarbohydrates: 640.34gProtein: 82.25gFat: 62.97gSaturated Fat: 32.44gCholesterol: 555.37mgSodium: 1255.12mgFiber: 19gSugar: 417.79g
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