Christmas rice pudding or porridge is called Julgrot in Sweden. It is served as part of the Christmas Eve Dinner. According to tradition, each person in attendance must recite a rhyme before eating the porridge. Hidden inside one of the servings is an almond and the one who gets the almond will marry the next year.
INGREDIENTS:
2 quarts water
1 cup rice
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
5 cups milk
1 blanched whole almond
Ground cinnamon for sprinkling
Granulated sugar for sprinkling
Grated almonds for sprinkling
Cold milk for accompaniment
In large saucepan bring water to boil; add rice bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, 1 minute. Drain rice thoroughly. Place rice, butter, salt and sugar with milk in top of double boiler. Cover and cook over low-simmering water until rice is tender and milk is absorbed, about 2 hours.
Pour into serving dish and stir in almond. Sprinkle top generously with cinnamon, sugar and grated almonds. Serve with cold milk. Makes 8 servings or double ingredients to serve 16.
Terrance Zepke studied Journalism at the University of Tennessee and later received a Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. She has studied Parapsychology at the renowned Rhine Research Center. She began her career as a freelance writer and photographer, ... 
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