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Sütlaç

Turkey

Sold in every Turkish patisserie. The individual clay bowls are considered part of the experience.

Turkish baked rice pudding — creamy rice pudding set in individual clay bowls and blowtorched until the top is burnished dark. The dessert of every Turkish lokanta.

Authentic Turkey Sütlaç recipe
Prep
10 mins
Cook
60 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
430 kcal
Serves
6
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

150gshort-grain rice
1Lwhole milk
200mldouble cream
150gsugar
1 tspvanilla
1 tbsprice flour

Method

1

Cook rice in milk, stirring, until very soft, 30 minutes.

2

Add cream, sugar and vanilla. Stir in rice flour dissolved in cold milk.

3

Pour into clay bowls. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.

4

Blowtorch or grill until dark brown on top. Refrigerate.

Chef's Tip

The top must be genuinely dark — the caramelised top is the entire point of baked sütlaç.

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