It is very important that the baby’s first food after breast milk has a delicate consistency. Such food is easier to digest and is easier to digest by the child’s imperfect digestive system.

This is why various puddings are so good. This is no longer pureed, creamy puree, but it is not yet solid food. One of the first puddings on a baby's menu is rice pudding.

Benefits of rice pudding for a child

• Rice is very healthy for children. It does not irritate the stomach, gently enveloping its walls, contains many vitamins and minerals, necessary for the full development and growth of the child.
• Vitamin E and B vitamins have a good effect on the mucous membranes and the functioning of the nervous system.
• Minerals calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium are responsible for the health of teeth and bones, remove excess fluid from the body.
• Rice does not contain gluten which often causes allergic reactions, so rice pudding can be introduced into your baby’s diet without fear of developing allergies.
• Rice is extremely high in calories. If your baby is not gaining weight well, this dish will help balance weight and quickly replenish lost energy.
• Rice pudding with apples is easy to eat due to its delicate consistency, it is rich in vitamins and minerals, saturates well with energy. Apples improve peristalsis and contain iron. This is a great option for a hearty and healthy dinner.

Rice pudding with apples is a multi-component dish, which, in addition to rice, includes milk, sugar, apples, and spices. In fact, the pudding is made from rice milk porridge with additives. This means that your baby should already be familiar with all the ingredients individually and not be confused about them.

• Its consistency is somewhere between puree and solid food. To cope with the dish, the baby must have at least 6-8 teeth and minimally developed chewing skills.
• All this suggests that rice puddinggood for the diet of children from 10 months to 1 year.
• The best varieties of rice for baby food are the varieties that cook well. It could be round or medium grain rice. When choosing a variety, consider your baby’s needs: short-grain rice is higher in calories, boils better and contains more starch compared to medium-grain rice.
• Before cooking rice, you need to prepare it. To do this, the cereal is sorted, washed and soaked in warm water for about a quarter of an hour.
• If you have not introduced cow's milk into your child's diet, the pudding can be prepared using an adapted milk formula. If you are introducing cow's milk for the first time, dilute it with water in a 1:1 ratio or use baby milk. When choosing industrial milk, do not forget about the shelf life; the milk must be fresh.
• Whether you add sugar to the pudding is your choice. You can add a little brown sugar, or rely on the sweetness of the apples. Usually their taste is enough to make the pudding taste good.

Rice pudding - recipe

Making rice and apple pudding for the baby.

Required Ingredients

• rice – 35-40 grams;
• water – 100 ml;
• 1 medium apple;
• milk – 200 ml;

• egg - 1 piece;
• sugar (optional) – 10 grams;
• butter – 5 grams.

Cooking sequence

• Boil the prepared rice in water.
  
  
• Add milk and half the sugar to the finished rice.
  
  
• Boil the porridge until smooth; it should be viscous and quite thick.
• Separate the white from the yolk.
  
  
• Beat the egg whites into a thick foam.
  
  
• Mix the yolk with the rest of the sugar.
• Peel the apple and grate it.
  
  
• Pour the yolk, ground with sugar, and grated apple into the prepared milk rice porridge.
  
  
• Stir.
• Carefully fold in the whipped egg white.
• Place the mixture in a steamer pan, greased with oil.
  
  
• Cook for 20 minutes.
  
  

Rice pudding can also be prepared in a slow cooker using the “baking” mode. For children over one and a half years old, the pudding can be baked in the oven until golden brown.

Cooking instructions

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1. Bring milk with half the sugar, a pinch of salt and lemon zest to a boil. Wash the rice and leave to soak in the heated milk until the rice has absorbed all the milk. Crib How to prepare the zest

2. Separate the yolks from the egg whites. Beat the yolks with cottage cheese and remaining sugar.
Crib How to separate whites from yolks

3. Peel apples, remove seeds, cut into cubes. Tool Spoon for removing seeds Such a spoon will come in handy in the kitchen, because with its help you can easily remove seeds and white pulp from peppers, cores from tomatoes, seeds from berries, and seeds from vanilla pods. The best option for a spoon for removing seeds is offered by the American company Progressive. It has two grooves: a small one at one end, for removing small seeds from berries and tomatoes, and a large one at the other, for cleaning peppers, watermelon, and melon.

4. Beat the whites into stiff foam.
Mix cooled rice with curd mixture, apples and egg whites.
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5. Place in a buttered glass dish with a lid. Bake at 200 degrees for 45 minutes. Tool Oven thermometer How the oven actually heats up, even if you set a specific temperature, can only be understood with experience. It is better to have a small thermometer on hand that is placed in the oven or simply hung on the grill. And it is better that it shows degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit simultaneously and accurately - like a Swiss watch. A thermometer is important when you need to strictly observe the temperature regime: for example, in the case of baking.

6. Serve with fruit sauce and a scoop of ice cream. Tool Ice cream spoon When serving ice cream, you cannot do without a special spoon. It must have one indispensable quality - the inability to bend easily. Other additions are a comfortable handle and a plunger like the OXO spoon. It allows you to put out a ball without crushing the ice cream or messing up the plate. Another option: before taking the ice cream, dip a spoon into a glass of warm water. Then the ball will slip out easily.

If you are tired of cakes and sweet pies, then prepare an exquisite dessert for tea in the English style - rice pudding. Are you afraid that this dish is too complicated? The presented step-by-step recipe will allow you to easily cope with the task.

Rice pudding: recipe

Pudding is an ordinary casserole, the basis of which is cereal and a fruit ingredient. You can add nuts, dried fruits or fresh fruits to the pudding.

We suggest making pudding with apples and cinnamon. It is easily absorbed by the body. After festive feasts, this is an excellent dessert option that will fill you up without burdening your digestion.

The pudding, the recipe for which we offer, is prepared within 60 minutes. It is designed for 6–8 servings. To prepare you will need:

1. Short grain rice - 200 g.
2. Milk - 0.5 l.
3. Chicken eggs - 6 pcs.
4. Butter - 50 g.
5. Granulated sugar - 4 tbsp. l.
6. Lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l.
7. Cinnamon - 2 tsp.

For the filling, use 4 large sweet apples. For baking you will need a springform pan, parchment paper, vegetable oil for greasing and 2 tbsp. l. semolina for sprinkling.

How to Make Rice Pudding with Apples and Cinnamon

This dish is quite finicky. It is important to know how to prepare the pudding so that it rises well, is airy and baked well. To ensure the result exceeds your expectations, adhere to the following technology:

• Rinse the rice and add it to the pan. Fill with water in a ratio of 1:2. Boil over low heat for 20 minutes. The water should boil away.
• Add butter and lemon juice to boiled rice. Mix everything thoroughly. Pour in the heated milk.

• Separate the whites from the yolks.
• Grind the yolks with 2 tbsp. l. sugar and add to the rice mixture.
• Beat the whites into a strong foam, add the remaining sugar and beat. Mix the whipped whites with the rice base.
• Peel the apples, cut into small pieces, sprinkle with cinnamon.

• Line a springform pan with parchment, grease with butter and sprinkle with semolina.
• Place ½ of the rice mixture, and on top - the apple filling, sprinkle it with powdered sugar.

• Place the rest of the rice base on top.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the pudding for 30 minutes. Cool and remove from pan. Serve warm, first sprinkling powdered sugar on top.

This dessert will appeal to both adults and children. Serve it with chocolate topping or raspberry sauce. It has a delicate sweet and sour taste, making it quickly eaten.

Good afternoon Admit it, how long ago did you close your eyes in pleasure when trying a new dish? Don't remember? Then it's time to make rice pudding. There is nothing like it in the world. Dreamy, sweet, creamy, perfect...

Making this dessert with centuries-old hysteria is not at all difficult. You will need simple and affordable products: eggs, rice porridge, milk. And kids, those losing weight, and athletes will be able to enjoy this healthy and dietary dish. I offer three options for making rice porridge pudding.

Apple and rice pudding in the oven

Rice and apples are a perfect pairing. When they meet together, they make any dish a culinary masterpiece. And apple pudding is no exception. The dessert turns out incredibly tender, light and very aromatic. Outwardly, it resembles a pie or casserole, but the taste is completely special.

We will need:

• rice - 2/3 tbsp. (200 g);
• sugar - 150 gr;
• milk - 400 ml;
• eggs - 4 pcs.;
• 30 gr. butter;
• 2 large apples;
• vanilla and cinnamon.

1. First in 1.5 tbsp. water, and only when all the liquid has disappeared, add milk. The total cooking time for porridge is 25-35 minutes. It should turn out thick and viscous.
2. To ensure that the pudding has an airy structure, you will have to work a little. The yolks need to be separated from the whites and added to the rice. Beat the whites with sugar (100 g) into a strong foam.
3. Peel the apples and cut into thin slices.
4. Now you can combine the ingredients. Beat the rice with sugar (50 g), yolks, protein foam, cinnamon and vanilla.
5. Grease a baking sheet with butter and place half of the rice mixture.
6. Place the apple slices on top and cover them with the remaining dough.
7. Next, the pudding goes into the oven for 30-40 minutes. The finished dish has an appetizing crust and amazing aroma.

Baby banana rice pudding

Is the toddler turning up his nose at the plate? And feeding, with long conversations, screams and attempts by the child to capitulate, takes at least an hour? Try making banana and rice pudding for your little monster. It is perfect for children. The dish has a pleasant banana-creamy taste, soft consistency, and the products included in its composition are healthy and hypoallergenic.

We will need:

• round rice - 150 gr;
• milk - 250 ml;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• banana - 2 pcs.;
• 0.5 tbsp. Sahara.

First, let's prepare rice porridge.

1. Wash the rice, add milk and cook for 20-25 minutes. The rice grains should be cooked as much as possible. If you want a more delicate, airy dessert, beat the porridge with a blender.
2. Now let's add the rest of the ingredients. Grind the bananas into puree, add sugar and eggs. Beat with a fork until smooth.
3. Next, mix the rice and banana pulp.
4. Pour the resulting mass into a greased mold and cook in a water bath for 30-40 minutes.
5. you need to cool, remove from the mold and decorate.

British rice pudding recipe

Residents of Foggy Albion love puddings. They got used to making this dish from bread, lamb fat, semolina, flour, eggs and even pork blood. But a classic recipe in English cuisine is sweet rice pudding. This delicious, satisfying, but not heavy dessert will brighten up a warm family evening and will captivate you with its simplicity and sophistication.

Ingredients:

• round rice - 120 g;
• 4 eggs;
• milk - 400 ml;
• raisins - 100 gr;
• butter - 75 g;
• lemon - ½ piece;
• 100 grams of sugar.

1. Let the milk boil and fry the rice in a frying pan in butter. When the grains turn golden brown, add them to the milk and let them cook for 20 minutes. Don't expect the porridge to thicken: the rice will increase in volume, but will not boil.
2. Now beat the whites and yolks with sugar separately (50 and 50 g). Add half of the chopped lemon to the yolks. And the whites should turn into a strong foam - the airiness of the rice porridge pudding depends on this.
3. Next, we proceed to combining all the ingredients. Gently mix the milk and egg masses with a wooden spoon and place in a baking dish.
4. Bake the pudding in the oven for 50-60 minutes. It is better to serve the dessert warm, pouring it with hot chocolate, honey or regular jam.

Making rice pudding at home can take an hour to an hour and a half. But you don’t have to stand over the stove or do complex manipulations. The recipes are so simple that even a child can handle them. But in the evening you can brew aromatic tea, get beautiful dishes, gather your loved ones and feel truly at home. All the best and bon appetit!