Rice Pudding

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup short- or medium-grain rice
• 4 cups whole milk
• 1 stick cinnamon
• zest of ½ orange, in large pieces
• zest of ½ lemon, in large pieces
• ⅔ cup sugar
• Ground cinnamon for dusting

Method

1. Put the rice in a saucepan and barely cover with cold water
2. Boil the rice, then remove from heat
3. Drain in a colander, but do not rice. Set aside.
4. In the same saucepan, boil the milk, cinnamon and citrus zest
5. When it begins to bubble, add the rice back and the sugar, stirring
6. Simmer partly covered for 40 minutes until liquid mostly absorbed. Stir occasionally
7. Discard the cinnamon stick and citrus peels
8. Ladle the pudding into 4 dessert cups, let cool and refrigerate for an hour
9. Dust with cinnamon before serving