Rice Pudding
Ingredients:
4 ¼ cups of milk
½ cup of sugar
3.5 oz. of round rice
1 tsp of vanilla
Directions:
1. Boil the milk with the sugar, add the opened vanilla bean in a large pan
2. Boil 3 glasses of water in another small pan & pour the rice (only one minute)
3. Sewer the rice & rinse with cold water
4. Pour the pre-cooked rice in the boiling milk, mix with a wooden spoon
5. Let it cook at low boil & continue using the wooden spoon
6. Let it cook for 1 hour (until the complete absorption of the milk
7. Before removing the vanilla bean, scrap the grains into the mixture
8. Pour the mixture into a caramelized bowl Enjoy cold or warm (this preparation can be store into an airtight container for up to 3 days in the refrigerator)
Secret for a successful recipe:
Gentle & long cooking
Almond Cookies
Ingredients:
7/8 cup of powdered sugar
½ cup of flour
¼ cup of butter
2 egg whites
1.4 oz. of slivered almonds
½ large spoon of heavy cream
Directions:
1. Pre heat the oven to 350F
2. Soften the butter
3. Mix together the egg whites with the sugar until getting a foamy mixture. Then add the butter, the heavy cream & ½ of
the almonds
4. Make small piles on a buttered baking sheet; flatten these with the back of a wet spoon; sprinkle with the remaining almonds
5. Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes or until the center of the cookie is light yellow and the edge light brown
6. Remove the cookies from the oven; place them on a rolling pin. Let them cool down.
Almond & Cherry Crumble
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients (for 6 people):
2.2 pounds of black cherries
5/8 cup of flour
5/8 cup of powdered almond
2.4 oz. of slivered almonds
7/8 cup of powdered sugar
1/3 cup of butter
Directions:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 410 F. Butter generously the baking pan
2. Cut the cherries in ½, remove the stones & put the fruits in the dish
3. In a large bowl, pour the flour, the sugar, the powdered almond, the slivered almonds & the butter previously cut into pieces
4. Stir the mixture with your hands in order to get a coarse paste. Pour the mixture on the cherries & bake for 30 minutes.
5. Serve warm or cold
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