Recipes Gale Gand's Rice Pudding with Strawberries 5.0 (5,351) Add your rating & review Plus: More Dessert Recipes and Tips By Gale Gand Gale Gand Gale Gand is an acclaimed and award-winning pastry chef who has opened five restaurants, written eight cookbooks, and hosted Sweet Dreams, the first dessert cooking show to air nationally. She has been cooking, writing, and teaching about desserts and cooking for almost 25 years. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on October 2, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Total Time: 30 mins Yield: 6 Ingredients 3/4 cup arborio rice (5 1/2 ounces) 3 cups milk Pinch of salt 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise 1/2 cup sugar 1 pint strawberries, thickly sliced Directions In a strainer, rinse the rice under cold water for 1 minute. Transfer to a large saucepan and add the milk and salt. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the saucepan, add the vanilla bean and bring to a simmer. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove the rice from the heat and stir in the sugar. Transfer the rice pudding to a large bowl set in a larger bowl of ice water and stir until cool, about 5 minutes. Discard the vanilla bean. Spoon half of the strawberries into 6 glasses. Add the rice pudding, top with the remaining strawberries and serve. Rate it Print