Recipe: ORANGE RICE PUDDING

2/3 cup Arborio rice
8 cups water
Pinch of salt
4 cups protein fortified fat free milk
3 tbs each packed light brown sugar and granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp grated orange zest
1/4 tsp ground cardamom or cinnamon

Place rice in sieve. Rinse under cold water, stirring to remove excess surface starch. Place in a saucepan with water and salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and boil 7 min. or until tender. Drain rice, return to pot. Stir milk and sugars into rice, to dissolve sugars. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a low simmer, simmer 25 min. or until rice is very soft and tender and milk has the consistency of heavy cream.

Pour into a bowl. Stir in vanilla, zest and cardamom. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap. Let cool. Refrigerate 4 hours or until chilled before serving.

ORANGE RICE PUDDING PARFAITS---For each parfait, spoon 1/4 cup orange rice pudding into a glass, then top with 3 orange sections, 1 tbs thawed reduced calorie whipped topping and 1 tsp fat free butterscotch caramel topping. Repeat layers.

MAKES 8 SERVINGS.