German

Milchreis (German Rice Pudding)

Name: Milchreis (German Rice Pudding)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 3/4 cup round-grain pudding rice; 4 cups whole milk; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 pinch salt; 1 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar, for topping

Birgit @birgit1978

Milchreis (German Rice Pudding) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner, lunch, and breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Easy Low sodium Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

3/4 cup round-grain pudding rice
4 cups whole milk
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp cinnamon sugar, for topping

How to cook it

Combine the rice, milk, sugar, and salt in a heavy-bottomed pot and bring to a gentle boil, stirring often.
Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rice is very soft and the mixture has thickened into a creamy pudding.
Stir in the vanilla and the butter, then remove from the heat.
Spoon into bowls and dust the cinnamon sugar over the top.
Serve warm as a simple, light stand-alone dinner, the way German families still serve it to kids on an easy weeknight.

Watch how to cook Milchreis (German Rice Pudding)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Milchreis nach Omas Rezept: Einfach, Lecker und Süß! Teil 1 & Teil 2 Play the video

Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Milchreis (German Rice Pudding), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Blumenkohl mit Butterbroeseln (Cauliflower with Browned Butter Crumbs)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Milchreis (German Rice Pudding) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Milchreis (German Rice Pudding)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 360 kcal
Protein: 10 g
Carbs: 55 g
Fat: 11 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 26 g
Sodium: 140 mg
Saturated fat: 7 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Milchreis (German Rice Pudding) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner, lunch, and breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.