Jólagrautur

Christmas porridge

Ris á l'amande, Risalamande - whatever you call it, it has been a typical Christmas dessert in many Nordic countries since around 1900. In Iceland too, "jólagrautur", or "Christmas grits", has become part of the Christmas tradition for many families .

For Christmas dessert, a whole almond is hidden in the rice pudding - an "almond gift" that knows who it ends up with. Because whoever finds the almond gets a small gift.

Ingredients for 4 servings

1 liter fresh milk

140 g rice

1/2 tsp salt

1 pinch of ground vanilla

2 bananas

50 g grated dark chocolate

125 ml whipping cream

Preparation

Put the milk with about salt and the ground vanilla in a large pot, add the rice and cook... xx according to the package instructions.

Then let the rice pudding cool down a little in the saucepan and then put it in the fridge for at least an hour until it is nice and cold.

Whip the cream until stiff.

Mash a banana with a fork...

...and mix with the whipped cream and 2/3 of the grated chocolate.

Then mix the cream mixture with the cold rice pudding.

Cut the second banana into thin slices and then garnish the Christmas fruit with the banana slices and the remaining grated chocolate.

Well, who will find the almond?

[Translated from here.]