Recipe 30: Rice Desert with Cherries

Recipe 30:
Rice Desert with Cherries

This takes about 15 minutes to assemble and an hour in the oven.

1.5 cups short-grain white rice
2 cups water
1 cup maple syrup
4 cups vanilla soymilk
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
Pinch of cinnamon
1/2 cup dried cherries

Preheat oven to 325 F. Rinse the rice in a mesh strainer and set aside to drain.

Combine the water, maple syrup, soymilk, lemon juice, salt, cocoa and cinnamon in a medium ovenproof sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium-high flame, stirring occasionally. Add the rice and cherries. Remove from heat and cover the saucepan. place saucepan in oven and bake 1 hr.

Serve warm or chilled


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