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    Home » Desserts » Puddings & cheese cakes » Risalamande | Danish Rice Dessert | Christmas Dessert

    Risalamande | Danish Rice Dessert | Christmas Dessert

    Nov 29, 2022 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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    Risalamande | Christmas Dessert | Traditional Christmas Dessert | Nordic Cooking | Nordic Cuisine | Nordic Dessert | Danish Cuisine | Danish Christmas Dessert | Scandinavian | Pudding Recipe | Rice Dessert | Gluten-Free Dessert

    Danish Rice Pudding

    Risalamande, a traditional Danish Christmas Dessert. A rice pudding mixed with whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, and chopped almonds. It is served cold with either warm or cold cherry sauce.

    Danish Christmas Tradition with Risalamande

    What made me make this delicious rice pudding is the ritual behind it. This rice dessert is served after Christmas Dinner, while sitting around the Christmas tree, exchanging  gifts.

    Although the recipe contains lot of chopped almonds, while serving this pudding, a whole almond is hidden in one of the bowls served. Whoever gets that whole almond gets a gift, mandelgave (almond gift).

    I m trying to imagine the scene there, what fun it would be, keeping in mind the Christmas spirit,  I bet bowls of pudding would get finished hurriedly just to get that whole almond.

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    Why I made this Traditional Danish Christmas Rice Pudding?

    This fun game is what made me do this beautiful dessert. We loved the pudding, my mom and dad loved the taste, they were surprised to that something similar to our paal payasam is made in the Nordic Culture. 

    My hubby loved the warm sauce on top and the tangy taste the fruit sauce gives to this delicious pudding. A rich dessert, fit for the festivities and also for the fun.

    Traditional Christmas pudding

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    Risalamande, rice pudding

    Risalamande | Danish Rice Dessert | Christmas Dessert

    Risalamande, a traditional Danish Christmas Dessert. A rice pudding mixed with whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, and chopped almonds. It is served cold with either warm or cold cherry sauce.
    5 from 13 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Danish cuisine, Icelandic Cuisine, Nordic Cuisine
    Keyword: Christmas Dessert, Easy dessert with rice, Rice dessert, Rice pudding, Traditional christmas dessert
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Servings: 6 people
    Calories:

    Ingredients

    For the Rice pudding

    • ½ cup short grain rice
    • 1 Litre full fat milk
    • 1 pod vanilla

    For serving Risalamande (Makes 4-5 serving)

    • 20 nos almonds blanched
    • 125 ml heavy cream
    • 2-3 tablespoon sugar
    • Cherry sauce/I have used strawberry sauce

    For the Sauce

    • 10 nos Strawberries/Pitted cherries
    • 4 tablespoon sugar
    • 2 nos clove
    • 1 no cinnamon stick

    Instructions

    Let us make the Rice Pudding first. 

    • Wash the rice once or twice. Take it in a heavy bottom pan, add milk to it and let it cook in a medium flame until rice cooks well. 
    • While the rice is cooking, cut open the vanilla pod, scrape the seeds and add to it. You can also add the scrapped pods to it, this will give a nice aroma to the pudding.
    • Cover and cook, this will speed up the process. Keep stirring often, as the rice might stick to the bottom and burn.
    • Once the rice turns soft. Take it off the flame. It will be like a thick porridge, this will thicken even more as it cools.  Refrigerate until serve

    To make the cherry/strawberry sauce 

    • I didnt have cherries, so made a strawberry sauce. Add 10 strawberries and 4 tablespoon sugar along with  2 cloves, and a cinnamon stick to a sauce pan.
    • Let it cook in its own juices for 10-12 minutes, once the berries/cherries lose their shape and turn all mushy, take it off the stove. 

    Blanching the almonds.

    • I usually soak the almonds for  4-5 hours and then remove the peel. If making in a hurry, add almonds to boiling water, take it off the stove. Let it sit for 2 minutes. Drain the almonds, rinse it once with cold water, they can be easily skinned.

    To serve Risalamande

    • Chop the blanced almonds roughly. Whip the cream and add it to the pudding, along with sugar and almonds. Serve thepudding in individual bowls topped with more almonds and warm cherry sauce.

    Disclaimer

    I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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    Love the simplicity of the dessert. The pudding doesn’t have any added sugar, it is served with warm cherry sauce . Every spoon of this pudding is filled with chunky almonds and aromatic vanilla, it is a flavor explosion in your mouth.

    Definitely try this rich and luscious Nordic rice pudding this holiday season. A great crowd pleaser and can be made in bulk, easy to store and serve.

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    Comments

    1. Harini R

      March 20, 2018 at 12:32 pm

      That is such a rich dessert. Love the strawberry sauce on top. I am imaging biting into the almonds in that rich pudding. Yummm..

      Reply
    2. Unknown

      March 20, 2018 at 9:35 pm

      Wow this is one creamy deliciousness .. am drooling here:) I remember making this with raspberry sauce , they look so divine with your version of strawberry sauce added to it.. Lovely captures ..

      Reply
    3. vaishali sabnani

      March 22, 2018 at 12:49 am

      Fabulous , bookmarking this simple dessert which sounds like a close cousin to our kheer . The strawberry sauce definitely enhances the taste and look .

      Reply
    4. MySpicyKitchen

      March 22, 2018 at 2:47 am

      I made something similar for Norway sometime back and omg, it was so good. With a fruit sauce it must have tasted amazing.

      Reply
    5. Sharmila kingsly

      March 22, 2018 at 1:17 pm

      Saw you making them in ur Insta Stories.. Looks so creamy and delicious.. Fabulous dessert..

      Reply
    6. Priya Suresh

      March 22, 2018 at 2:57 pm

      Very rich looking Risalamande, Scandinavian cuisines have few varieties of this rice dessert, and the fruit sauce looks irresistible.

      Reply
    7. Jyoti Babel

      March 23, 2018 at 1:46 pm

      Looks like an exotic version of our Indian Kheer. The use of cherry sauce while serving is interesting

      Reply
    8. Srividhya

      March 23, 2018 at 8:20 pm

      The almond finding ritual sounds fun and I was imagining the same too. Sitting around the tree and opening presents while relishing this dessert, oh boy good life. Nice share and thanks for sharing the tradition behind the recipe too.

      Reply
    9. cookingwithsapana

      March 27, 2018 at 8:32 pm

      Rice pudding topped with that rich and delicious strawberry sauce looks and sounds super exotic.

      Reply
    10. Suma Gandlur

      March 30, 2018 at 2:37 am

      This pudding looks so lovely with the contrast of berry sauce.

      Reply
    11. Jayashree

      March 31, 2018 at 3:15 am

      Sounds super rich, creamy and delicious. The strawberry topping adds a dash of color to it.

      Reply
    12. Suja Ram

      April 05, 2018 at 10:16 am

      Rice pudding looks delicious, especially the Strawberry topping is just yummm.

      Reply
    13. Chef Mireille

      April 06, 2018 at 5:04 am

      scandinavia has many versions of rice pudding – this looks so good and I love that berry garnish

      Reply
    14. Pavani

      April 20, 2018 at 1:04 pm

      That is such a rich and exotic looking rice pudding. Loved reading about the tradition around this dish. The cherry/ strawberry topping on top looks so delicious.

      Reply
    15. Unknown

      December 22, 2018 at 11:45 pm

      My family always has risalamande for Christmas dessert and always do the almond prize. When we were younger there would be a few prizes, now that we are all adults there is only one. Lots of fun and delicious.We have only used cherry sauce but the strawberries sounds delicious.

      Reply

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