Risengrød
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Milk-simmered rice porridge served with cinnamon sugar and a small knob of butter.
Prep: ~5 minutes + ingredients prep time; Cook: 40 minutes (source) · 2
Reported source details; omitted times or yields remain unreported.Recipe source: Vilhelm Bergsøe · Public Domain Recipes
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- Water 3 dl
- Pama porridge rice 180 g
- Whole milk 1 liter
- Salt 2 pinches
- Sugar 4 tablespoons
- Cinnamon 2 teaspoons
- Butter 50 g
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- 01
Bring water and rice to a boil in a deep pot. Boil the rice at steady heat and with active stirring for approximately 2 minutes.
- 02
Add milk and bring the concoction to a boil. Boil the pot at low heat, still with active stirring for approximately 10 minutes.
- 03
Put on lid and boil for approximately 30 minutes. Stir the pot often. If the porridge seems too thin, boil it for another 5-10 minutes.
- 04
Add salt.
- 05
Mix sugar and cinnamon to form cinnamon sugar in a bowl or container.
- 06
Serve warm with cinnamon sugar on top and a bit of butter in the middle.
- 07
Enjoy!
Vilhelm Bergsøe · Public Domain Recipes · Risengrød. Public-domain dedication / Unlicense. Editorially checked for ingredient/method consistency. Not independently kitchen-tested by Herbologium. Source-reported and editorially estimated times are labeled separately.
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Vilhelm Bergsøe · Public Domain Recipes. (2022). Risengrød.
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