Christmas Rice Pudding is a traditional recipe for Danish Rice Pudding, also known as risengrød. The recipe is brilliant if you are looking for a very traditional Danish Christmas food or want to try something new this year. I recommend you try this! If you think this sounds wonderful, but you don’t have time to make it now? Don’t worry; you can pin the post for later!
Last year, I made rice pudding every second week, as Emilie and Sebastian liked when I made rice pudding pancakes, also known as klatkager in Danish. They ate them for breakfast on weekdays with maple syrup and peanut butter. They are very delicious, and it keeps them full for a long time, too! The recipe for the rice pudding pancakes will be on the blog next week.
Danish traditions
Danish rice pudding is a traditional and popular dish in Denmark to come back to the recipe. In Denmark, this dish is called Risengrød, which means rice pudding. Rice pudding is mainly served in mid-November and December, especially around Christmas. Many families make a large batch of rice pudding on the 23rd of December, where some of it is eaten for breakfast or dinner, and the rest is saved for the 24th. On Christmas Eve, the rice pudding is mixed with raw vanilla powder, whipped cream and almonds, and it’s served as a very delicious Christmas dessert.
Low FODMAP Friendly Rice Pudding
The Christmas dessert is usually made with almonds, but almonds are high in FODMAP, and I don’t handle them very well. So, I decided to swap the almonds for macadamia nuts instead. I don’t miss the almond at all; I think macadamia nuts have an excellent taste and work well with rice pudding.
What You Need For Christmas Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is easy to make, and you only need four different ingredients such as risotto rice, milk LF, water and salt. All the ingredients are poured into a thick-bottomed saucepan and boiled for about 25 minutes. However, it’s important to remember to stir in the pudding every once, so the rice doesn’t burn and stick to the bottom of the saucepan. I prefer to eat rice pudding with fresh fruit, cinnamon sugar and a teaspoon of butter as a topping. My husband and children prefer cinnamon sugar, syrup, and last but not least, butter.
How You Can Use Rice Pudding
The rice pudding can also be eaten as a warm and cooled breakfast, and it has a similar texture to oatmeal porridge. You can also give a small portion in your children’s snacks or lunch boxes. So, with the rice pudding, there are many options.
If you are looking for other Christmas recipes, I recommend trying these Low FODMAP Lemon Peppernuts With A Twist.
Christmas Rice Pudding
Christmas Rice Pudding is a traditional recipe for Danish Rice Pudding, also known as risengrød!
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
1 dl Water
360g Risotto rice
2 L Whole milk or lactose if needed
1/2 tsp Coarse salt
Topping
1 tbsp Cinnamon
4 tbsp Sugar
Syrup
Butter
Fresh fruit to your liking
Instructions
Bring the water and rice to a boil in a thick-bottomed saucepan. Boil the rice a bit more at a lower heat while stirring for approx. 2 min.
Add milk and bring the mixture to a boil. Cook the porridge over low heat, still stirring, for approx.—10 min.
Put the lid on and cook for approx.—25 min. Stir the porridge often. Cook it for another 5-10 minutes if the porridge seems thin.
Add salt and season to taste.
Mix sugar and cinnamon to your liking and put them aside.
Serve the rice pudding with cinnamon sugar, butter and fresh fruit to your liking.
Topping
Mix Cinnamon and sugar
Fresh fruit to your liking
Notes
Eat & Enjoy!
