Coconut Rice Pudding

One of the many cravings I've been having lately is for the rice pudding my Grandma Frances used to make. Though I hesitate to call what she made pudding, it was more like sweet rice floating in a creamy soup. Now of course my grandma never really wrote down her recipes so I've got to come up with a version all my own. I had an open container of coconut milk, so that's where we started.

Coconut Rice Pudding
2 cups coconut milk
2 cups water
1 cup arborio rice
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tsp nutmeg

Combine the milk, water, and rice and bring to a boil in a covered saucepan. Reduce the heat and let the liquid cook down.

Remove the pan from the heat and add the vanilla, brown sugar, and nutmeg.

If you're like me (and I suspect Delia) you won't want to wait and will want to eat this while its still warm. It's very yummy this way, but its even more amazing once it has chilled in the fridge for an hour or two.