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Greek Rice Pudding (Rizogalo)

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This dessert is my favorite, my mother used to make this for me all the time growing up and she still does sometimes.  The reason why this is my favorite is because Milk is involved and not Chocolate.  Truth be told, I am not really a chocolate fan, 🙂   The only chocolate I mean Chocolate bar I would eat per se is maybe a Snickers bar and that’s about it.  I don’t even drink Coke Cola, I prefer the 7 up and Sprite soft drinks once in a while, but much more the homemade Lemonade.  So, you can see why I love this dessert, no chocolate involved. Sorry, chocolate lovers….

Rizogalo  which is pronounced (Ri-zo-ga-lo) 🙂 is a thick , creamy and healthy dessert, that can be eaten anytime of the day.  It is made rather quickly, but just note that much stirring is involved to get that creamy base. The rice is the major factor, others choose to use long grain rice, but I prefer the shorter version it all depends on what kind of rice you like to eat. Simple dessert, with a great taste.  I hope you enjoy it!! 🙂

GREEK RICE PUDDING (RIZOGALO)

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Ingredients
  

  • 4 tablespoons of Rice
  • 1 cup Water
  • 4 cups Milk
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 tablespoon Corn Flour
  • 1 Vanilla stick or powder
  • Cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Pour the water into a sauce pan and add the rice. Let boil for about 10 minutes.
  • Once the rice has boiled drain, and add 3 1/2 cups of the Milk stir and simmer for 15 minutes but you need to keep stirring, so that the rice does not stick. Dissolve the Corn Flour into the 1/2 cup of Milk that’s left over and add into the sauce pan along with the Sugar. Stir and continue to boil for at least 10 minutes until thick.
  • Once the Rizogalo has thickened add the Vanilla, stir and then pour into your desserts bowls. Let it cool for 1 hour and top with Cinnamon. This dessert can eaten warm or cold :).

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

18 Comments

  1. chefkreso
    July 12, 2017 at 12:09 pm  ·  Reply

    Yummy such an easy dessert and so delicious 🙂

  2. Megala
    July 12, 2017 at 4:04 pm  ·  Reply

    Delicious dessert! Looks beautiful when cinnamon powder is sprinkled!

  3. kmuccigrosso
    July 13, 2017 at 11:41 am  ·  Reply

    I made it and added white raisins!!! So yummy❤️

  4. yummycookbookblog
    July 16, 2017 at 9:57 pm  ·  Reply

    Yummy Rice pudding !!

  5. Sumith
    July 16, 2017 at 10:30 pm  ·  Reply

    Easy and delicious dessert. Beautiful share.

  6. thecookingart
    July 29, 2017 at 3:30 pm  ·  Reply

    Oh this looks so tasty! yummy

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    Sara

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