Rum Orange Rice Pudding

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups whole milk
• 2/3 cup arborio rice or 2/3 cup medium-grain rice
• 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
• orange section

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy sauce pan, combine the milk and rice. scrape the seeds from the bean and add both bean and seeds. bring the milk to a boil.
• 2 reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring frequently, until the rice is tender, about 25 minutes.
• 3 stir in the sugar, and orange zest. cook until the mixture thickens, about 10 minutes.
• 4 discard the vanilla bean and spoon the rice pudding into bowls. cover and refrigerate about 5 hours or up to a day ahead.
• 5 serve with orange segments.