Description
This Puerto Rican style Arroz con Leche is a comforting dessert made with long grain rice, whole milk, butter, brown sugar and spices. It’s surprisingly easy to make at home and comes together in under an hour!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup white rice (I used long grain)
- 2 cups water
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 5 cloves
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 cups whole milk
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon to garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan combine rice, water, and spices and bring to a boil. Once a boil is reached, cover, lower and cook for 15 minutes.
- At this point raise the heat to medium, uncover and add milk, brown sugar, and butter.
- Mix everything together in the pot with a spoon or spatula before covering the mixture again and cooking for 20 minutes, continuing to check every five minutes or so to mix things around.
- Allow mixture to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving and enjoy!
