Bruleed Rice Pudding!

Thank you for all of the great complements on the office! The funny part about all the stuff that is in here, is that we did not purchase any of it with the change over. We had most of it crammed into an extremely small room.  Now we are enjoying a little space...together!

Now, let's talk about food! Fall is officially here and we are loving it. One of our favorite treats during the colder months (not that it is cold, but we are hoping for a little cooler soon) is rice pudding. It is a great way to use up left over rice (along with fried rice)!

This time though, we decided to turn the ordinary...

Into extraordinary!

Make rice pudding (leave out 1/4 cup of sugar). When it is done, sprinkle the top with the 1/4 cup sugar...

light your torch...

this is one of the illustrator's favorite things to do in the kitchen so I let him have this one...

now start to burn the sugar on top... 

keep moving the torch around in small sections until...

everything is golden brown on top...

this forms the most beautiful crust on top...

the burned sugar is unbelievable on top of this creamy center. 

Have you ever taken one of your old family favorites and made it "fancier"? I don't think the boys will let us go back to the old way now.

***You could probably brown the sugar in the broiler too, but make sure you watch it!***