Dan’s Italian Rice Pudding

Ingredients:

1 cup Arborio Rice

1 tbs. Butter

Pinch of salt

3 cups Fat Free Half and Half

2 Cups of Water

1 cup of Sugar

1 Cinnamon Stick

⅛ tsp. Cinnamon spice

1 ½ piece lemon peel

Directions:

1. Boil 2 cups of water...add the rice, along with the butter and salt. Cover and reduce heat. Simmer away until the rice is tender...maybe about 20 minutes.
2. Stir in the half and half and sugar. Make sure the sugar dissolves.
3. Add the cinnamon stick, ⅛ tsp. Of cinnamon spice and the lemon peel.
4. Bring the whole thing to a boil again….and then remove it from the heat.
5. Using a double boiler or a glass bowl on top of simmering water, pour the rice mixture into the double boiler. Important….keep stirring the mixture! This could take about 45 minutes. Play some Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra while you stir. Take turns with a family member so your arm doesn’t get tired.
6. Pour the rice pudding into a dish or ramekins. Throw away the cinnamon stick and lemon peel.
7. Let the rice pudding cool slightly...top it with more cinnamon spice and try curling a lemon peel. Good Luck!