There is something so comforting about rice pudding!
To make a change I have started using frozen fresh coconut which adds a lovely texture to the pudding, and of course, lots of flavour.
I buy my frozen grated coconut from my local Asian store, a great place to stock up on coconut milk too as well as all my usual spices!
Serves 8, leftovers are yummy hot or cold and work week for in the boys lunch boxes too.
Ingredients
150g arborio rice
90g caster sugar
70g frozen fresh grated coconut
270mls tin coconut milk
1.7litres full cream milk
50g butter, diced
Method
Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Centigrade.
Grease a large oven proof dish with at least a 3litre capacity.
Weigh the rice, sugar, coconut and milk into the dish.
Top with the cubed butter.
Bake in the oven for 90 mins, stirring every 20-30mins, don’t stir for the final 30mins.
Cooking Up The Pantry 
Yum! Sounds delicious.
Thanks Estherjane13! 🙂 Ros
I can almost taste how creamy and delicious this is. 🙂
Teehee Aruna! Thank you! 🙂 Ros
Looks yum and an easy recipe too👍🏻
Thanks Swatisharma2005! 🙂 Ros
Yum!
Thanks kewpiecleve! 🙂 Ros
Oh, yum! Love the usage of coconut milk and grated coconut.
Thanks Jackie, we seem to be using a lot of coconut milk and cream at the moment! 🙂 Ros
Yum! Will definitely try this one…! 😀
Let me know how you get on deejac, enjoy! 🙂 Ros
The frozen coconut sounds great Ros – I’ll have to keep an eye out for it…
It’s worth having a bag in the freezer Bec! 🙂 Ros
My mum used to bake rice pudding like this. She didn’t use coconut of course and if memory serves, she used evaporated milk. I can still see the brown enameled tin she used exclusively for the rice pudding and I can smell the nutmeg she grated on top. Thanks for the great memories, Ros 😀
It’s winter in AU right now but here in the Bay Area we are enjoying a bit of a heatwave. When the weather cools down I’ll turn on the oven and make this.
Jock
Lovely memories Jock, my Grannie used to make a mean rice pudding too, in a white enamel tin with a blue edge! This is her recipe if you want to go more traditional when your weather cools down! https://cookingupthepantry.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/rice-pudding/
Lots of rain here for us just now but the dams are still ridiculously low and summer will be upon us soon! Happy cooking, Ros
Thanks, Ros. That looks familiar 😀 I never much liked the brown skin that formed on the rice but my sisters used to fight over it. I would trade my skin for a wee spoonful of their rice.
Sounds delish, can get cocnut milk in abundance here and will try it sounds lovely and I love the brown skin..ha ha 🙂
Thanks blondieaka! 🙂 Ros