Traditional Baked English Rice Pudding

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A proper rice pudding is smooth & creamy with just a hind of spices. Serve it with a spoonful of thick cherry jam or icecream. You can also add more spice or less depending on taste

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Steps

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Pour the milk into a pan and add the vanilla bean pod.

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Bring to simmering point , then remove from heat , cover and leave to infuse for 1 hour.

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Preheat the oven to 150c.

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Put the rice and sugar in an ovenproof dish.

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Strain the milk over the rice , discarding the vanilla pod add the spices and stir to mix , then dot the surface with butter.

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Bake uncovered for 2 hours.

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After about 40 minutes , stir the surface skin into the pudding , and repeat this after a further 40 minutes.

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Allow the pudding to finish cooking for the final 40 minutes without stirring.

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Ingredients

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whole milk, vanilla bean, short-grain rice, caster sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg