Chocolate Orange Rice Pudding | 625 cals per serve
Chocolate Orange Rice Pudding | 625 cals per serve
You will need:
(Serves 2)
2/3 cup arborio rice
100g dark chocolate
2 tbsp cacao powder
2 mandarins
500ml unsweetened almond milk
2 tbsp rice bran syrup or honey
1/2 cap of vanilla essence
Simple steps:
- Rinse the rice under cold water to remove any unwanted dust from the grains then place into a thick bottom saucepan. Add about 250ml of almond milk to the pan and zest the oranges over the top. Add 2 tablespoons of rice bran syrup to the milk and give the ingredients a stir.
- Bring the milk to the boil then reduce down to a simmer and cook the rice for about 15 minutes. Keep adding a little more milk every few minutes to prevent the rice from drying out.
- Whilst the rice is cooking, segment your oranges and leave to one side. Squeeze the rest of the orange into the milk extracting the juice and stir.
- Once the grains are ‘al dente’ (cooked but still with a bit of a bite) add the cacao powder and stir. Add a splash more almond milk and remove the pan from the heat.
- Roughly chop about 80g of the chocolate, leaving a little to one side and fold into the rice pudding along with a little pinch of sea salt. The rice pudding should be lovely and soft but if it’s looking a little firm add a little more almond milk.
- Serve in a small bowl and top with mandarin segments and a little extra grated chocolate over the top.
