Food experiment: Risgrøt

Risgrøt (risengrynsgrøt (with raisins) or riskrem (with cream/whipped cream)) is Norwegian rice pudding. Probably my favourite from the Norwegian foods I’ve tried (a close second would be brown cheese).

Ris=rice and grøt I guess is the pudding (:P). Grøt is pronounced similar to “grert”.

It’s a traditional Christmas dish with lots of variations. You can make it with sour cream or mix in whipped cream to make a cold dessert etc. I only learnt to make it the most basic way, with milk, rice and salt. The best part is sprinkling sugar, cinnamon (Kanel if you’re trying to find it in a Norwegian supermarket..), and “an eye of butter” in the middle. You can also add raisins.

Recipes here: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Risgrot-Hot-Rice-Pudding-155893 this one uses only milk and rice, which makes it super rich and decadent.

and this one http://www.cybershingle.com/recipes/pp/rice/risgrot.htm uses water to start the rice off. I tried it recently and it was nice also. So if you don’t to use so much milk, use this recipe!