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Arroz con leche – Milk rice pudding

Creamy rice pudding

“Arroz con leche” is a creamy and sweet rice dessert served in households all over Spain (and other Latin countries). To give it some special flavor, in Spain they usually add lemon peal and cinnamon.

Every family has their own “arroz con leche” recipe. I’ll share with you my Spanish grandma’s recipe, that is known as the very best in my husband’s family. It is usually served cold with cinnamon or a caramelized sugar crust on top of it….and yes, it is very tasty

arroz con leche

Yield: 20 portions of “arroz con leche”

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of cold water
1 cinnamon stick
peel of one lemon – just the yellow part
1/2 teaspoon of salt
250g of medium grain rice (“arroz redondo” or “round rice”)
3l of milk
250-300g of sugar

Cottage cheese pancakes – pankūkas pildītas ar biezpienu

My mom’s pancakes filled with cottage cheese

There is this one dish that, once you’re back home at your mom’s place, you could eat non-stop. For me, these are the pancakes filled with home made cottage cheese. They are delicious and my absolute favorite. So, since I’m in Latvia for the holidays, now is the time to write down this adorable recipe and share it with you all. I hope that you will love them and, if you don’t have time to make them, just come to my mom’s place and she will prepare them for you ;) I usually get them in the morning for breakfast – the perfect start for my day!

Cottage cheese pancakes

Yield: 12-13 pancakes, 2-3 per person

Ingredients:

Pancake dough

250g flour
0.5l whole milk
2 eggs
1 spoon olive oil
2 tea spoons of sugar
a little bit of salt

Cottage cheese filling

0,5kg whole milk cottage cheese
2 eggs (from free-range chickens is best)
100g of sugar
half a tea spoon of vanilla sugar
a pinch of salt

To accompany them jam, fresh cream and some fresh cut fruit work best.

Crème brûlée

“Burnt” custard cream

Crème brûlée is a sweet & creamy dessert with crunchy sugar on top. In Spain it is also known as ¨crema catalana¨, and everyone will affirm that it comes originally from Catalonia. To the Spanish version of creme brûlée you usually add lemon or orange peal as well as cinnamon. Here, I’ll share with you first the traditional French creme brûlée recipe, which I got from the Larousse ¨Pierre Herme¨ dessert book. I usually make it in small individual ramekins that perfectly serve one person.

creme brûlée

Yield: 8 portions

Ingredients:

500ml milk
500ml cream
4 vanilla beans
9 egg yolks
180g powder sugar
100g brown sugar

Flan parisien – Parisian flan

Short story

The Parisian flan is a typical french dessert that you can find in any “pâtisserie” in France. It consists of baked custard and a shortcrust pastry base. It is typically made with eggs, cream or milk, starch and vanilla.

parisian flan

Yield: 8 portions

Ingredients

230g shortcrust pastry
500ml milk (could add some part of cream instead)
1 vanilla bean
200g sugar
4 eggs
70g corn starch (maizena)