La Teurgoule-Rice pudding Normandy style-You will die for more

Hello Foodies, A recipe prepared in less than 10 minutes and the best rice pudding ever. This week is about more childhood memories. I remember going to the bakery after school getting some bread for the evening and smelling all the scents of the bakery. One scent I clearly remember is the smell of cinnamon.  I remembered asking the lady of the bakery what smells so good and she answered “oh. It is probably the Teurgoule, just out of the oven”. “The Teur what?” I replied. she smiled, took me to the counter and showed me that big terracotta dish. I said “it looks burnt” she said “no it is just the skin, wait let me give you a taste” I was 9 years of age and I will never forget that experience. The smell, the creamy texture of the rice, the taste was amazing. It took my tastebudes to places I have never been before. My love for this sweet rice pudding was born. This dish was named the “Teurgoule”, because of what it does to people. The Norman used to eat the pudding while still hot, so it created “to twist the ghoul, the head” History of the Teurgoule. This speciality from Normandy was baked in a wood fire oven for many years. AS the fire dies off the Teurgoule was place and cooked for 4 to 6 hours. Nowadays, Bakers cooked the Teurgoule once they finish baking breads for the day. They switch off the oven and leave the Teurgoule to cook for hours. the teurgoule comes from a little and beautiful of Normandy, Honfleur. This town is a must visit if you are in the area. The inventor of the dessert was François Orceau de Fontette (1718-1794). The intendant of the Generalitat of Caen appointed by Louis XV, in 1752, imported rice and spices. It is now your turn to enjoy this ancestral recipe. .  
Servings: 8 yield(s)
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 240 mins
Total Time: 250 mins
Ingredients
  • 150 g Round rice or short grain
  • 200 g Brown sugar
  • 1.5 l Full cream milk
  • 100 ml Cream
  • 80 g Butter
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven at 200 C. Gather and weigh all your ingredients. Milk, rice, sugar, cinnamon, butter, cream.
  2. Place the rice in a large bowl.
  3. Add your brown sugar and cinnamon to the rice
  4. With a fork, mix it all together.
  5. Put your rice, sugar and cinnamon mix into a heavy baking dish. Place the dish onto another try just in case the milk spill you do not want to wash your oven
  6. Add the cream
  7. Add the butter.
  8. Pour the milk gently
  9. Once your oven reach 200 C put your dish into the oven and bake at 200 C for 1 hour
  10. After 1 hour reduce the heat to 130 C and bake for another 3 hours.
  11. Take your teurgoule out of the oven and let it coo down for 20 min and dish it up.
  12. The skin on top should look dark and inide the rice should be cooked look creamy with near no liquid.
  13. Enjoy every bites and always serve it hot or warm. it goes really well with an home made vanilla ice cream or apple sorbet. The secret is out. Enjoy share it and Bon Appetit Frenchy