Portuguese Rice Custard Recipe

Step 1

Add the 4 cups of water, salt, a wedge of lemon, with a stick of cinnamon into the pot along with the rice.

Step 2

Add rice and let it start cooking the rice for about 15 minutes.

Step 3

Add the 2 cup of room temperature milk slowly as the rice cooks and stir quickly.

Step 4

Once the rice starts to cook add the sugar and mix everything together.

Step 5

Turn heat down to medium and stir as it cooks. About 20 minutes until you see this creamy looking rice.

Step 6

In a separate bowl mix the egg yolk, vanilla and 1 cup of milk and stir.

Step 7

Turn your heat down and add the mixture to the rice in the pot while mixing steadily and fast so not to cook the egg yolk and have a lumpy custard base.

Step 8

Pour the rice into a pie dish and let the rice cool. About 4 hours

Step 9

Top with fruit or cinnamon