Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, arroz con leche (spanish rice pudding). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Literally translated, arroz con leche means rice with milk, but it's actually a thick rice pudding that everyone makes a slightly different way. Most recipes call for lemon peel and cinnamon sticks, and others add alcohol, additional spices, orange peel, and even a layer of caramelized sugar on top. Arroz con leche, Spanish rice pudding, is an easy and comforting dessert.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook arroz con leche (spanish rice pudding) using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Leche (Spanish rice pudding):

1. Prepare 1/2 cup arroz de grano corto (short grain rice)
2. Get 1 1/2 cup agua (water)
3. Take 1 cascara de limon (lemon peel)
4. Prepare 1 rama de canela (cinnamon stick)
5. Prepare 1 liter leche (milk)
6. Get 1 cup azucar blanca (sugar)
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp sal (salt)
8. Prepare 1 canela en polvo (powder cinnamon)
9. Prepare 1 tbsp vainilla (vanilla) -OPTIONAL

Put the water, rice, and cinnamon stick in a medium-size heavy saucepan set over medium-high heat. In a small saucepan, combine the water, rice and cinnamon. Arroz con leche is as comforting as a hug, and much tastier. The Kingdom of Spanish Rice Pudding.

Instructions to make Arroz con Leche (Spanish rice pudding):

1. Place the rice, water, cinnamon stick and lemon peel in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat until rice is cooked.
2. Then add the milk, salt and sugar. Stir often to keep from sticking to the bottpm of the pot.
3. Cook until you get a creamier texture. When finished remove from pan and sprinkle the top with powder cinnamon.
4. Variations: You can use sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk instead of regular milk, or u can mix them up, depending on the texture you wish to achieve.

The home of arroz con leche in Spain is Asturias. This is Spain, but not as you know it! When I took a foodie road trip through Asturias this year, my first thought was "this looks like the Lord of the Rings". Rice pudding (arroz con leche) made the traditional Mexican way, with both whole and evaporated milk and an aromatic touch of cinnamon. A creamy Spanish rice pudding recipe from my mother-in-law Antonia.

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