Instant Pot Rice Pudding

Ingredients

  •  1 cup Arborio rice
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick or 1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
  •  1 1/2 cups water
  •  1/4 teaspoon salt
  •  2 cups whole milk, divided
  •  1/3 cup sugar
  •  2 eggs
  •  1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •  3/4 cup raisins

Directions

  1. Place rice, water, 1 cinnamon stick (or 1 tsp of cinnamon powder) and salt into the instant pot then stir.
  2. Pressure cook on High Pressure for 3 minutes. Then after pressure cook completes perform a natural pressure release for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, release any remaining pressure with a quick pressure release.
  3. Add 1 1/2 cups milk and sugar to rice in pressure cooking pot; stir to combine.
  4. In a small mixing bowl, whisk eggs with remaining 1/2 cup milk and vanilla. Pour through a fine mesh strainer into pressure cooking pot. Select sauté and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture starts to boil. Turn off pressure cooker. Remove pot from the pressure cooker. Stir in raisins.
  5. Pudding will thicken as it cools. Serve warm or pour into serving dishes and chill.
  6. Served topped with whipped cream, and a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg, if desired.