Ingredients
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- 1 cup white rice
- 8 cups whole milk
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup rum
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- Dashes of fresh grated nutmeg
- Zest of almost 1 whole orange
Instructions
- Preheat Oven 325 degrees F.
- Bring 1 1/2 cups of water to a boil.
- Add the uncooked rice and salt and cook, covered, over a gentle heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 – 12 minutes or until the water is absorbed.
- Soak the raisins in the rum.
- Butter a baking dish.
- Place the rice in the prepared baking dish. Add the milk, sugar, vanilla, raisins and rum, orange zest, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Place the baking dish in a shallow pan with water-bath of about ½ inch of water at the bottom.
- Bake for 2 ½ hours stirring occasionally for the first 2 hours. Let cool before serving.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
