Apricot & orange rice pudding

Apricot & orange rice pudding

Rice pudding with a fruity zing - made in the microwave

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Put the rice, milk and nutmeg into a large microwaveable bowl. Cover with cling film, pierce it, then cook on High for 5 mins. Stir and leave to stand for 1 min, then return to the microwave for a further 5-6 mins or until the rice is cooked and all the milk absorbed. Remove from the microwave and stand for a further 2 mins.
  2. Put the honey, apricots and orange juice into another microwaveable bowl and cook on High for 1 min until the apricots have plumped up. Stir the syrupy apricots, fromage frais and a pinch of orange zest into the rice. Serve straight away in bowls, topped with a sprinkling of almonds, a little more orange zest and a drizzle of honey to taste.
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Making it full of fibre

Add an extra 50g chopped prunes, dates, dried figs or cranberries along with the dried apricots.

Making it extra crunchy

Stir through 1 tbsp each toasted sesame seeds, pine nuts and pumpkin seeds at the end of cooking to make it extra crunchy.

Per serving

325 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 62g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 0.4g, fibre 3g, salt 0.2 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2006.

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Taste team comment

'I ended up making two batches as my husband had second helpings and I wanted some for breakfast. The fromage frais makes it creamy, while the fruit and zest remind you that it's a healthy pud.'

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  • 05 November 2007

    food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely recipe, I add extra dried fruit & Orange juice. YUMMY hot or cold!

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  • 10 November 2008

    FastAl rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I tried this last night, but it did not work for me. I did not feel the pudding rice cooked properly in the microwave and felt the orange flavour too strong - did not work with the fromage frais. There are much better rice pudding recipes on this sight.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Counts as 1 of 5-a-day

Ingredients

  • 200g pudding rice
  • 600ml skimmed milk
  • big pinch ground nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp clear honey , plus extra to serve
  • 140g ready-to-eat dried apricots , roughly chopped
  • zest and juice 1 orange
  • 4 tbsp reduced-fat fromage frais
  • handful toasted sliced almonds
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Per serving

325 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 62g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 0.4g, fibre 3g, salt 0.2 g

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