Vanilla & Saffron Rice Pudding

A creamy treat to enjoy with fruit ( I love dried figs with it!)

It’s lovely served straight away when it’s nice and warm but I can’t say there’s anything wrong with eating the leftovers cold at the fridge door!

You will need:

• 1 cup arborio rice
• 3 cups full cream milk
• 1 cup thickened cream
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 vanilla pods
• pinch of saffron

1. Place the milk, cream and rice in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
2. Reduce the heat to medium then add the sugar. Stir through.
3. Scrape out the vanilla beans from the pods and add to the mixture. Continue to stir on this medium heat.
4. When the mixture starts to thicken after about 10 minutes, add in a pinch of the saffron threads.
5. Keep stirring until the rice is tender. If the mixture starts to get too dry in the process then add boiling water a bit at a time until its a nice porridge consistency.