Post by Glen Carman aka Delmonico on Mar 3, 2019 20:00:40 GMT -6
Rice Pudding/Rice Custard
What most simply call rice pudding is custard, common at pot lucks and many other places. When raisins were added it was sometimes referred to as Spotted Dog or Spotted Pup.
This dish is a simple camp dish; it is also a dish that will sometimes amaze people that you can cook it in a dutch oven, the reason is modern recipes would make you think you can’t or at least you’d have to put it in a dish and put water in the bottom of the dutch oven. Well one can do that, but for me, in my camps cooking it in a separate container is a waste of fuel and dutch oven space.
With that said, since this will feed 6-8 people and many cook for smaller groups, I will do this recipe for either an 8 inch 2 quart oven or one can put it in a shallow dish that size and cook it in a dutch oven, if cooking it in a separate dish, most two quart dishes will need a 12 inch deep oven to make it work. Doubling it will work for a 10 inch shallow, triple for a 12 inch shallow and quadruple it for a 14 shallow.
6 eggs beaten
3 cups fresh milk or 2 cans of evaporated milk (Sweetened condensed mild will be fine although sugar will need reduced or eliminated)
1 cup sugar (I use brown although it does darken the dish some)
½ teaspoon of salt
1 ½ to 3 cups of cooked white rice (The amount of rice used will vary the final product in texture and change the serving amounts a bit)
Optional:
1/2- 1 cup raisins or currants
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Allspice, nutmeg, mace and/or cinnamon are good spices to add to taste if desired.
Beat eggs slightly; add milk sugar, vanilla, salt and any spices desired, then beat the mix well. Stir in rice and raisins and pour in dutch oven or place bowl in dutch oven.
For right in the oven, put the oven on a spot that is dry and warm, but put no coals under the oven, then place enough coals on top to run it as a slow oven (250-300F) and bake an hour to an hour and a half, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
For using a separate bowl, put the oven with an inch or so of water on enough coals to get a slow simmer. Place coals on top as above and bake as above.
What most simply call rice pudding is custard, common at pot lucks and many other places. When raisins were added it was sometimes referred to as Spotted Dog or Spotted Pup.
This dish is a simple camp dish; it is also a dish that will sometimes amaze people that you can cook it in a dutch oven, the reason is modern recipes would make you think you can’t or at least you’d have to put it in a dish and put water in the bottom of the dutch oven. Well one can do that, but for me, in my camps cooking it in a separate container is a waste of fuel and dutch oven space.
With that said, since this will feed 6-8 people and many cook for smaller groups, I will do this recipe for either an 8 inch 2 quart oven or one can put it in a shallow dish that size and cook it in a dutch oven, if cooking it in a separate dish, most two quart dishes will need a 12 inch deep oven to make it work. Doubling it will work for a 10 inch shallow, triple for a 12 inch shallow and quadruple it for a 14 shallow.
6 eggs beaten
3 cups fresh milk or 2 cans of evaporated milk (Sweetened condensed mild will be fine although sugar will need reduced or eliminated)
1 cup sugar (I use brown although it does darken the dish some)
½ teaspoon of salt
1 ½ to 3 cups of cooked white rice (The amount of rice used will vary the final product in texture and change the serving amounts a bit)
Optional:
1/2- 1 cup raisins or currants
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Allspice, nutmeg, mace and/or cinnamon are good spices to add to taste if desired.
Beat eggs slightly; add milk sugar, vanilla, salt and any spices desired, then beat the mix well. Stir in rice and raisins and pour in dutch oven or place bowl in dutch oven.
For right in the oven, put the oven on a spot that is dry and warm, but put no coals under the oven, then place enough coals on top to run it as a slow oven (250-300F) and bake an hour to an hour and a half, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
For using a separate bowl, put the oven with an inch or so of water on enough coals to get a slow simmer. Place coals on top as above and bake as above.