Caramelized Rice Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups whole milk
1/2 cup arborio rice
1/2 vanilla, bean split, and seeds scraped and reserved
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
2 large egg yolks
1 pinch ground cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling
1/4 cup turbinado sugar or 1/4 cup other raw sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Put milk, rice and vanilla bean and seeds into a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until rice has absorbed most of the liquid, 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat. Discard vanilla bean.
Whisk cream, granulated sugar, salt, yolks, and cinnamon in a bowl. Pour into rice mixture, stirring constantly. Return to heat; bring to a simmer. Divide among 4 6-oz ramekins set in a roasting pan; add boiling water halfway up sides. Bake until almost set, 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes.
Sprinkle tops with raw sugar, dividing evenly.
Using a kitchen torch, caramelize sugar. Sprinkle with cinnamon.