Arroz Doce
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Arroz Doce

A memorable texture, a sense of occasion and the sweet finish that makes the cuisine feel complete.

Prep10 mins
Cook40 mins
Serves2
DifficultyMedium
Portuguese Dessert Gluten-freeNut-freeVegetarian
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The story

Arroz Doce is more than a dessert: it is a route into Portugal’s Atlantic food story, with salt cod, seafood, olive oil, bread soups and convent sweets. The dish is built around salt cod, seafood, olive oil, garlic, eggs, pastry, rice, coriander and custard, giving it a flavour that feels both practical and deeply connected to its origin. It works especially well for summer seafood, family gatherings and menus with a strong sense of place, and it gives readers a clear way to understand how ingredients, technique and food history meet on the plate. A traditional Portuguese dessert made with milk, lemon, and cinnamon, decorated with a cinnamon lattice pattern.

Ingredients

2servings
  • Main
  • 66.67 gram rice200g rice
  • 0.33 litre milk1L milk
  • 50 gram sugar150g sugar
  • 0.33 piece lemon peel1 lemon peel
  • 0.33 piece egg yolk1 egg yolk
  • 0.5 teaspoon CinnamonCinnamon [Phase 1 metric normalisation: spice amount for serves 2]

Method

  1. Method

    Simmer rice in milk with lemon peel. Stir in sugar and yolk. Pour into dishes and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Nutrition

per serving

Calories380
Protein6g
Carbs57g
Fat18g
Fibre4g
Sugar4g
Salt0.4g

Estimated nutrition for Arroz Doce; use as editorial/testing data and refine from exact ingredient weights if needed.

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