Comments on: Rice Pudding and Mango Parfait http://leitesculinaria.com/2519/recipes-rice-pudding-and-mango-parfait.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Testers Choice http://leitesculinaria.com/2519/recipes-rice-pudding-and-mango-parfait.html#comment-45932 Testers Choice Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:47:38 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=2519#comment-45932 [Elsa M. Jacobson] Here’s a rich and interesting variation on rice pudding. The cardamom lends an exotic aroma and taste, and the mango adds the same elements plus a festival color to this dessert. A little goes a long way! It is rich and thick, and although the recipe states it serves six, it could easily serve twice that as an elegant ending to a meal. Or, if richness or dairy are a concern, another option would be to switch the proportion of rice pudding to mango, serving more mango with less rice pudding, effectively lightening the overall dessert, yet providing the same flavors to finish off the meal. I liked that it had to refrigerate for at least an hour after coming to room temperature, so I made it the day before my dinner and chilled it overnight: this meant that I could focus on other dishes the next day, knowing my dessert was ready. As Bhide states, the presentation is striking and she was right – even the fullest of my guests had no trouble polishing off their serving of this rice pudding! [Elsa M. Jacobson] Here’s a rich and interesting variation on rice pudding. The cardamom lends an exotic aroma and taste, and the mango adds the same elements plus a festival color to this dessert. A little goes a long way! It is rich and thick, and although the recipe states it serves six, it could easily serve twice that as an elegant ending to a meal. Or, if richness or dairy are a concern, another option would be to switch the proportion of rice pudding to mango, serving more mango with less rice pudding, effectively lightening the overall dessert, yet providing the same flavors to finish off the meal.

I liked that it had to refrigerate for at least an hour after coming to room temperature, so I made it the day before my dinner and chilled it overnight: this meant that I could focus on other dishes the next day, knowing my dessert was ready. As Bhide states, the presentation is striking and she was right – even the fullest of my guests had no trouble polishing off their serving of this rice pudding!

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