Sweet almond pudding with red dates

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅓ cup Sweet rice flour
2 tablespoons + 2 t almond powder
½ cup Cold water
3 cups Cold milk
¼ cup Granulated sugar
¼ cup Sliced pitted red dates
3 tablespoons Cold milk, if needed

Directions

This unusual dish as a dessert, as a mid-way course in a large dinner, or as a snack. Pudding may be misleading, since it is really a thick, hot soup.

In small bowl, mix rice flour & almond powder; add cold water a little at a time to make a thick, smooth paste. Thin further with ½ cup of milk. Pour into heavy saucepan, add remaining milk, and slowly heat to just under boiling, stirring constantly. Keep stirring to prevent lumping & burning. Turn off heat, cover & remove to cool place. You can prepare this first stage anytime ahead of dinner, keep covered & refrigerated. Pudding should be finished just before serving.

Just before serving, reheat pudding, stirring constantly. When hot, add sugar a little at a time. Keep stirring. Add sliced dates. Cook just under boiling point for 1 minute. Add extra milk if pudding becomes too thick: it should have consistency of melted ice cream.

Pour into individual bowls & serve hot.

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