Best Christmas Rice Recipes

DANISH CHRISTMAS RICE PUDDING WITH ALMONDS AND WARM CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Split half of the vanilla pod length ways, scrape out the seeds.
• Place the milk and vanilla in a heavy-bottomed pan. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat. Add the rice gradually, stirring constantly.
• Increase the heat and bring to a boil again.
• When the milk boils, reduce the heat, cover and simmer on a very low heat for about 1 hour or until the rice is cooked. Stir from time to time, making sure that the rice doesn't stick too much to the bottom.
• Leave to cool completely.
• Whip the cream together with sugar. Fold the whipped cream and almonds into the rice. You can add more sugar or more almonds if you wish. Serve with warm cherry sauce.
• Now make the cherry sauce. Place the cherries in a medium saucepan. Add sugar and 1 1/2 cups water. Add the vanilla pod. Simmer until the cherries are tender.
• Combine the potato starch with 2 tablespoons cold water.
• Bring the cherries to a boil. Remove the vanilla pod from the pot. Reduce the heat, and , stirring constantly, slowly pour the water with the starch. Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce thickens slightly.
• Stir in the lemon juice and serve warm over the rice pudding. Garnish with a fresh mint leaf, if desired.
• * I used frozen sour cherries in this recipe, but regular sweet cherries should work as well.

SWEDISH CHRISTMAS RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine the water, rice and salt; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until water is absorbed. Add milk and 1/3 cup sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes or until slightly thickened. , Whisk together the eggs and remaining sugar. Gradually stir 2 cups hot rice mixture into the egg mixture; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over low heat for 3-5 minutes until mixture reaches 160°. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into a serving bowl. , Refrigerate for 2 hours or until chilled. Just before serving, sprinkle with cinnamon.

RICE KRISPIES® CHRISTMAS TREES

Steps:

• Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir continually until completely melted and smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Add food coloring, 3 to 4 drops at a time, until you reach the desired color. Stir until color is uniform. Remove from heat and add crispy rice cereal. Stir with a buttered spatula until cereal is completely coated and evenly green.
• Pour cereal mixture into the prepared baking pan and press in firmly. Add sprinkles to the top and press in. Allow to cool and set, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Cut cereal mixture in the pan in half lengthwise to create 2 sections. Cut each section into approximately 6 or 7 small triangle tree shapes and transfer them to a plate. Carefully twist 1 pretzel stick into the base of each triangle as a "trunk;" if the triangle shape separates, squeeze it back together.
• Pipe frosting onto triangles as garland and top each with a candy star.

CHRISTMAS RICE

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute onion, celery and peppers in butter over medium heat for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove from the heat; set aside. , In a saucepan, bring broth to a full boil. Remove from the heat. Quickly stir in rice, celery mixture, pepper, and, if desired, salt. Cover and let stand for 6-7 minutes. Stir before serving.

CHRISTMAS RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the rice and water. Simmer for 10 minutes; add milk and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 60-70 minutes or until rice is tender. Add sugar, salt and butter; mix well. Spoon into small bowls or dessert dishes. Garnish with almonds and sprinkle with cinnamon if desired.

CHRISTMAS RICE KRISPIES MARSHMALLOW BALLS

Steps:

• In a double boiler, melt caramels, butter, and milk. Keep water in the bottom of pot to a minimum boil.
• Dip one marshmallow into melted mix using a fork (or something sharp).
• Remove, and roll in Christmas colored Rice Krispies.
• Place on tray covered with wax paper.
• Repeat until bag of marshmallows is finished.
• Freeze marshmallow balls if desired.
• Enjoy.

CHRISTMAS RICE KRISPIES® TREES

Steps:

• Mix crispy rice cereal, cranberries, and apricots together in a large bowl. Toss gently to combine and set aside.
• Combine orange zest and juice, butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a large saucepan over low heat. Cook until butter is melted and stir to combine. Add marshmallows all at once; cook, stirring constantly, until fully melted, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Quickly pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal mixture and toss to combine, making sure cereal is thoroughly coated.
• Lightly butter or oil clean hands and a 1/3 cup measure. Scoop out 1/3 cup of the cereal mixture and press firmly into a tree shape. Flatten the bottom of the tree and set aside. Continue making trees, re-buttering your hands as needed, until all the mixture is used up. Allow trees to cool and harden for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Cut whole apricots into star shapes, using a sharp paring knife or small cookie cutter. Set the scraps aside for extra decoration. Chop dried cranberries for extra decoration.
• Combine white chocolate and butter in a small heat-proof bowl. Microwave until chocolate is melted, about 30 seconds. Stir to combine. Pour white chocolate into a piping bag.
• Pipe white chocolate into decorative patterns all over the trees, covering the very tops to adhere the apricot stars. Use remaining white chocolate to adhere extra chopped apricots and cranberries as desired. Reheat chocolate in the microwave for 10 seconds if it begins to harden. Allow chocolate to fully harden on the trees before serving.

DANISH CHRISTMAS RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Put milk, eggs, rice, sugar and salt into baking dish (nice glass cooking bowl or dish) and place in a hot water bath.
• At the top of custard, add a few dashes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract. Add vanilla bean (if using) and cinnamon stick.
• Cover and cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove vanilla bean and cinnamon stick after one hour of cooking. Pudding is done when rice is soft and custard is set (a slight jiggle).
• Remove lid for the last 10 minutes of cooking to give a light golden color.
• Put an almond in the rice pudding just before serving: According to the old Danish legend, whoever finds the almond at Christmas will have series of lucky adventures.
• Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.

BRAZILIAN CHRISTMAS RICE

Steps:

• Soak raisins in a bowl of hot water until soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir in raisins, rice, and salt; cook and stir until rice is coated with oil, about 3 minutes.
• Pour boiling water and Champagne into the saucepan. Cover and cook until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Place dried apricots in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil; simmer until soft, about 5 minutes. Drain and cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Cut into strips.
• Place grated carrot in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Season with salt. Let soak until softened, about 5 minutes. Drain.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in apricot strips and sun-dried tomatoes; cook for 2 minutes.
• Fold apricot strips and sun-dried tomatoes into the cooked rice. Pile rice onto a serving platter; garnish with grated carrot.

DANISH CHRISTMAS RICE PORRIDGE

Steps:

• Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy saucepan.
• Add rice to the boiling milk, stirring.
• Lower the heat, cover with a lid and gently cook the rice for about an hour.
• Be very careful not to scorch the milk.
• Add salt.
• Serve the hot porridge with a pat of butter and sprinkle with cinnamon& sugar.

CHRISTMAS RICE KRISPIES SQUARES

Steps:

• In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
• Add vanilla and stir.
• mix both cereal in a bowl and add cereal to marshmallow mixture. Stir until well coated.
• Using wet hands press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares. Best if served the same day.

SWEDISH CHRISTMAS RICE PUDDING (JULGROT)

Steps:

• Add the rice, 250ml water, salt and butter to a large saucepan, then cover with a lid and place over a high heat.
• Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until the water has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.
• Pour in the milk and add the vanilla sugar and cinnamon.
• Stir through to combine then return the mixture to the boil and again reduce the heat and simmer slowly for about 25-35 minutes or until you have a creamy rice pudding consistency but the rice still has a little bite to it.
• Pour the rice pudding into a ceramic dish and allow to cool before covering and popping it in the fridge until chilled.
• Serve big hearty spoonfuls of the chilled rice with an extra sprinkling of sugar and cinnamon and big dollops of whipped cream.

RICE KRISPIES CHRISTMAS WREATHS

Steps:

• 1. Mix the marshmallows with the butter on stove over low heat stirring until melted. Stir in vanilla, cereal and green food coloring. Mix well. grease hands with butter and shape into wreath like rounds on wax paper. Press the candies on top for decoration. Let harden

CHRISTMAS RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Bring rice, water, cinnamon stick, and salt to a simmer in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot, then reduce heat to low and gently simmer, covered, until water is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add 2 cups milk with sugar and cream and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until rice has absorbed most of milk but is still creamy, about 10 minutes. Add 1 cup milk and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Stir in remaining cup milk and simmer, stirring constantly, until rice is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cover, then let stand 15 minutes. Serve warm.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING RICE KRISPIE CAKES

Steps:

• Put the rice pops and raisins into a bowl. Put the butter, milk chocolate, peanut butter and marshmallows into a small saucepan. Place on a medium to low heat and stir until the chocolate and butter have melted but the marshmallows are just beginning to melt.
• Pour onto the rice pops and stir until well coated. Line an egg cup with cling film. Press about a tablespoon of the mixture into the egg cup. Press firmly and then remove, peel off the cling film and place the pudding into a cake case, flat-side down. Repeat with the remaining mixture. Chill until firm.
• Melt the white chocolate in the microwave or in bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Spoon a little chocolate over the top of each pudding. Top with icing holly leaves.

GRACE'S CHRISTMAS RICE CRISPIE BARS

Steps:

• 1. melt w. choc chips in double boiler til smooth. add milk stir til smoothe add red food coloring til its christmas red. stir til smoothe. take off heat
• 2. add green m & m's then add rice crispies 1 cup at a time.
• 3. pour into an oblong pan sprayed with pam
• 4. let set in fridge. take out. take a spatula sprayed with pam along the sides to loosen it. spray a resin knife with pam and cut into bars
• 5. and plate

MERRY CHRISTMAS RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup water and 1 cup sugar; bring to a boil. Add the cranberries; return to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer for 10 minutes or until most of the berries pop, stirring occasionally. Add rice, remaining water, remaining sugar, cinnamon and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in apple. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes.

GRACE'S CHRISTMAS RICE CRISPIE TREATS

Steps:

• SPRAY FLUTED BUNDT PAN WITH PAM PLACE 5-7 CANDIED CHERRIES IN BOTTOM OF PAN 3 FINGER SPACES APART.
• MAKE FIRST BATCH OF RICE CRISPIES AS DIRECTED AND ADD THE GREEN FOOD COLORING TO MAKE IT CHRISTMAS GREEN. THEN STIR IN CHRISTMAS M & M'S [WITH OR WITH OUT NUTS UR PREFFERENCE] THEN ADD RED CANDIED CHERRIES TO GREEN BATCH. THEN GENTLY PRESS INTO BUNDT PAN NOT DISTURBING TH CANDIED CHERRIES
• MAKE 2 BATCH ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS AND ADD RED FOOD COLORING AND GREEN CANDIED CHERRIES AND CHRISTMAS M & M'S [WITH OR WITH OUT NUT UP TO U] THEN PRESS ON TOP OF GREEN RICE CRISPIES IN BUNDT PAN. LET SET THEN TAKE OUT OF BUNDT PAN AND U SLICE IT AND SERVE. IT WILL LOOK NICE U MAY WANT TO GARNISH TOP AROUND CHERRIES WITH MEINT LEAFS

CHRISTMAS RICE KRISPIES TREATS®- SANTA'S COATS

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan on low heat. Add dry gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add marshmallows; cook and stir until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat. Add cereal; mix well.
• Press cereal mixture into 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Cool completely. Cut into 12 pieces.
• Melt chocolates, separately, as directed on packages. Pour each chocolate into separate resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of each bag. Use, along with the decorating icing, to decorate the RICE KRISPIES TREATS® to resemble Santa's coat as shown in photo.

CHRISTMAS RICE KRISPIES TREATS® SANTA COATS

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan on low heat. Add dry gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add marshmallows; cook and stir until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat. Add cereal; mix well.
• Press cereal mixture into 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Cool completely. Cut into 12 pieces.
• Melt chocolates, separately, as directed on packages. Pour each chocolate into separate resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of each bag. Use, along with the decorating icing, to decorate the RICE KRISPIES TREATS® to resemble Santa's coat as shown in photo.