The jujube fruit is an Asian fruit with a short growing season that just showed up in my CSA basket from Garden of Eden Organics. It bears no resemblance in taste or appearance to the American candy, but it makes a nice addition to rice pudding.
Jujubes are reputed to have many health benefits. They have the texture of a firm apple, but are slightly less juicy.
Suitable for:
vegan, gluten-free, low-sodium, reduced-sugar diets
Not for:
migraine diets
Rice pudding with jujube fruit
Ingredients
- 12 jujube fruits (225 g) or 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 cup arborio rice (190 g)
- 4 cups milk divided any kind
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg (dried) freshly ground if possible
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup pistachios chopped (30 g)
Instructions
- Wash the fruits and chop up. Remove the pits by making a vertical cut from the stem all the way around, then twisting each half in opposite directions. Use a paring knife to remove the small pits.
- Rinse the rice once and drain.
- Put the rice, fruit, and 2 C. (500 ml) of rice milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Grate some fresh nutmeg into the pan.
- Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Heat 1 C. (250 ml) of rice milk, then add and stir. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Add up to one cup of hot rice milk and stir. (Add raisins at this time if using them instead of the jujube.) Add honey and cinnamon. Take off the heat. Let sit and taste test. You can add a bit more milk if you want it more creamy and a looser texture. Top with a sprinkle of chopped pistachios.
Notes
Per serving:
- 276 calories
- 4 g fat
- 2 g saturated fat
- 1 g monounsaturated fat
- 0 g polyunsaturated fat
- 0 g trans fat
- 0 g cholesterol
- 67 mg sodium
- 301 mg potassium
- 47 g carbohydrate
- 2 g fiber
- 20 g sugars
- 8 g protein
- 7 Weight Watchers Points Plus
[…] Guess what – my find for the day – Jujubee !!!- which are chinese dates. so jujubees existed much before Rajnikant popularised them Never knew about them until today. Read up on the health benefits of this fruit here. Got a small bag of these and must say they are mildly sweet with an earthy nutty taste. It is eaten as it is as a fruit or is used to make rice pudding and in many dishes – here is a recipe that uses jujube. […]