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Risalamande

Name: Risalamande
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Denmark
Ingredients: 100g Raw rice; 700ml Milk; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 3 tbsp Sugar; 200ml Heavy Cream; 50g Almonds; 200g (canned or frozen) Sour cherries; 2 tsp Cornstarch

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked in milk, folded with whipped cream and almonds, and topped with warm cherry sauce — a Christmas dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Risalamande is a Danish Christmas dessert whose name comes from the French 'riz à l'amande' (rice with almonds). Rice cooked in milk is mixed with whipped cream and chopped almonds and topped with warm cherry sauce. Traditionally a single whole almond is hidden inside, and whoever finds it wins a present.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dessert time on Christmas Eve, the whole family peers into their bowls, and the child who finds the whole almond cheers and claims the prize.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Raw rice 100g
Milk 700ml
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Sugar 3 tbsp
Heavy Cream 200ml
Almonds 50g
Sour cherries 200g (canned or frozen)
Cornstarch 2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the rice in 100ml water for 2 minutes.
Add the milk and simmer on low for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until creamy.
Add the vanilla and sugar, cool, and chill in the fridge.
Chop the almonds (keep one whole), fold them into the rice with whipped cream, and hide the whole almond.
Simmer the sour cherries and thicken with cornstarch mixed with water to make a warm sauce.
Spoon into bowls and pour over the warm cherry sauce.

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