Christmas by Thomas and Daniel

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Ris a la mande

The original name is probably riz à l'amande (French for almond rice), but the Danish call it ris a la mande. Whether it is originally French or the name simply got Frenchified, I don't know, but I do know this is a delicious pudding if correctly made. In some Icelandic households it is served instead of rice pudding (see previous recipe) at Christmas. The first time I tasted ris a la mande, I didn't like it at all. This is perhaps because it was lumpy and the cook had left out the vanilla. I have since made peace with it, and like it just as much as the traditional Icelandic rice pudding.

50 g rice (not quick-cook or instant)

600 ml milk

1/2 vanilla bean

30 g sugar

15 almonds, blanched and slivered or chopped

370 ml heavy cream, whipped

6-7 (12-14 grams) sheets gelatine

Bring the milk to the boil in a large saucepan. Add the rice and vanilla bean and cook up a rice pudding (see previous recipe for method). When the pudding is done, remove the vanilla bean. Add the sugar, almonds and gelatine (prepared as indicated on the packaging). Cool and fold in the whipped cream. Decorate with slivered almonds before serving.

Traditionally served with hot caramel sauce or cherry sauce.

Regards Mads

It's Christmas time

Hello everybody in France and the Czech Republic

We would like to tell about how we celebrate our Christmas Eve.

The 4^th Sundays up to Christmas we get a present and light up a candle in an Advent wreath. Some people also get presents all the first 24 days in December.

In Denmark we celebrate Christmas Eve in the evening. We meet together with our family, and eat Christmas. It can be turkey, roast pork or Cumberland sausage. As accompaniment we get some sauce, white potatoes and sugar-browned potatoes.

For dessert we get ris a la mande. In this        dessert there are two almonds hided and when you find one of the almonds, you get a present.

 When we are finish eating we start dancing around the Christmas tree and sing deferent Christmas songs. Afterward we get our presents, celebrate with our family and eat candy or cookies.

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