Orzo Pudding
I bought some orzo for a soup recipe I was planning to make earlier this year and then never got around to making it. The orzo was sitting there in my pantry and I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with it yet. It was when I was going through some boxes in the basement, that I uncovered some old recipes that I’d clipped from newspapers and magazines years go. In there was a recipe for orzo pudding. It said if you liked rice pudding, you should try orzo pudding. I adore rice pudding and thought why not give this one a try. I had all the ingredients on hand!
If you like raisins, add some in at the end of cooking. Neither my kids nor John like raisins so I left them out. I also sprinkled a dash of cinnamon on top of each dish for presentation.
This recipe tastes just like rice pudding! The only thing that is a little different is the texture of the orzo. I never thought I’d eat pasta for dessert, but I guess there’s a first time for everything.
Have you ever tried orzo pudding?
Orzo Pudding
Creamy, sweet and delicious recipe for orzo pudding. If you like rice pudding, you will love this recipe!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup orzo, uncooked
- 3 1/2 cups milk
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
- Heat orzo and milk in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
- Once simmering, reduce heat to medium-low and stir occasionally for 15 minutes, or until orzo is cooked.
- In a bowl, whisk the egg yolk, egg, sugar and salt.
- Slowly whisk the egg mixture into the orzo mixture and heat over medium-low stirring constantly until the mixture starts to thicken.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and cinnamon.
- Can be served warm or chilled.
I have become addicted to orzo, this is such a good idea!
Fascinating recipe! I do appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
I guess this is similar to my mother’s recipe for rice pudding – It is a special desert for our family’s holidays.
I wish I could reach through the screen! 🙂
It seems so yummy!
I love rice pudding so would love this. I put orzo in my stuffed peppers.
Will give this a try at Easter when there are friends visiting
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Hi Stacie,
Thank you for your recipe. I recently made it and loved it! I did a few things different. Since, it seemed like the orzo was absorbing the milk quickly whilst in the first 15 minutes of cooking, I used another 3 cups of milk. After the egg, sugar and spices combination was added to the saucepan and cooked slowly, again had the same issue with quick absorption, and added another 1 cup milk to the mixture. After tasting in the near completion of the last cooking process , the sweetness was so slightly recognizable, that more sugar (1/3 cup) . was added..
I also loved using ginger, cardamon and nutmeg spices and included them in the same portions as the cinnamon. The result was a very creamy texture, that was favorably rich in taste. If, only I had bits of walnuts/almonds/pistachios to sprinkle on top, I would be in a heavenly daze! Keep up the wonderful blog and thanks again for sharing this lovely recipe ! 🙂
Made this as a last minute pudding for my vegan son. Substituted the egg for a tea spoon of chia seeds and used almond milk. It wasn’t very sweet so added some brown sugar.