Arroz Con Leche

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup rice (i used jasmine)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups water
• 3 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 piece lemon peel (the size of a lemon wedge)
• 1/4 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 bring 2 cups of water to a boil. add rice, cover and remove from heat. let the rice sit for 10 minutes.
• 2 drain the rice and place back into a saucepan with 2 cups of water, lemon peel, and salt and boil on medium heat covered for 10 minutes.
• 3 place the rice in a bowl covered with plastic and set aside.
• 4 bring the 2 cups of milk, vanilla, cinnamon sticks and sugar to a low boil stirring continuously for 10 minutes.
• 5 remove the lemon peel from the rice and discard.
• 6 add the rice to the milk mixture and turn the heat up to medium high. cook stirring throughly for an additional 2 minutes. add the raisans and cook stirring continuously for another 2 minutes.
• 7 serve and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon powder on top if desired.