Puerto Rican rice pudding
The smell of ginger,anise, clove and cinnamon fills the air. It is coming from our kitchen where my mother is cooking the most precious dessert of our Christmas celebration "Arroz con dulce"(Puerto Rican rice pudding). Sadly enough my mother's recipe got lost in time. This recipe was given to my sister Chary by one of her neighbors who was in her seventies at that time. That was about 40 years ago. The original version uses dark raisins, but here I use dried cranberries because my daughter doesn't like raisins. The substitution of the cranberries brings another layer of flavor to the rice pudding. dessertsandgoodfood.blogspot.com Ingredients: For the spice water 5 cinnamon sticks 1 1/2 tablespoon anise seeds 1 1/2 tablespoon cloves 3 ounces of ginger, washed and smashed 8 cups of water For the Rice pudding: 1 cup short grain rice(or risotto rice) 1 can coconut milk 1 cup firmly packed dark brown