Arroz doce (vegan)

• ¾ cup short-grain rice, 150 g, carolino if you can
• 2 cups water
• 1 lemon, a strip of peel
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 cups plant milk, 1 litre, oat or soya
• ½ cup sugar, 100 g
• ground cinnamon, to decorate

1. 1

   Peel one wide strip of lemon peel with a vegetable peeler, without the white part.

   Peel a strip of lemon with the peeler.

2. 2

   With a grown-up: boiling water

   Put the rice, water, lemon peel, cinnamon stick and salt in a pot. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes, until the water is almost gone.

   Timer 10 min
3. 3

   With a grown-up: hot pan

   Warm the milk, then add it to the rice a ladle at a time, stirring often, for about 25 minutes, until the rice is very soft and creamy.

   Timer 25 min
4. 4

   With a grown-up: hot pan

   Stir in the sugar for 2 more minutes, then take out the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick.

5. 5

   Pour it into a wide dish and let it cool. It thickens as it cools.

   Pour it into a dish and let it cool.

6. 6

   Draw patterns on top with ground cinnamon, pinched between your fingers.

   Draw a pattern with cinnamon on top!

Tips

Hot rice pudding spits and sticks to skin, so a grown-up stirs while it cooks. The cinnamon pattern is the best part for kids.