Sütlaç

Baked rice pudding with a scorched top.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup Short-grain rice
• 6 cups Milk
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1½ cups Water
• 1 tsp Cinnamon

Method

1. Cook the rice — Simmer the rice in the water until it absorbs completely and turns very soft.
2. Add milk — Pour in the milk and cook 30 minutes over low heat, stirring often.
3. Sweeten and thicken — Add sugar, then the cornstarch slaked in cold milk, and cook until it coats a spoon.
4. Fill the dishes — Pour into individual clay bowls.
5. Scorch the top — Set the bowls in a tray of water and bake at 220°C until the surface blisters brown — that scorched skin is the whole point.
6. Sütlaç is ready — Chill completely and serve cold with cinnamon.

More Turkey recipes

• Adana Kebab
• Lahmacun
• Mantı
• İskender Kebab
• Cheese Pide
• Stuffed Peppers