A sweet berry sauce, traditionally of redcurrant juice, served with pale fromages and puddings.

Can the almonds be left out?

They add flavour and bite, but the fromage also works without them if someone cannot tolerate almonds.

Rice Fromage (Norwegian cream mousse)

Name: Rice Fromage (Norwegian cream mousse)
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 4 h 25 min
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 150 g short-grain rice (pudding rice); 50 g butter; 125 g almonds (blanched and finely chopped); 100 g sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; 25 g gelatine (dissolved in 1 dl water); 7.5 dl whipping cream (whipped stiff); 1.5 l milk

Rice fromage from Erken & Caroline Steen (1900). Rice porridge cooked in 1.5 l milk, flavoured with butter, vanilla, almonds, sugar and gelatine, folded with 7.5 dl whipped cream, set in a mould and served with red sauce. Total cost in the original: kr. 1.48.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken & Caroline Steen, Kogebog for skole og hjem, 1900-utg. s. 211 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Risfromasj er en klassisk formet risdessert fra Erken og Caroline Steens «Kogebog for skole og hjem» (1900). Grøten kokes på melk, settes med gelatin og løftes med pisket fløte til en luftig, stivnet form som serveres med rød saus.

How to make it

1
Cook rice porridge
Wash and blanch the rice, and cook it well out in the boiling milk into a porridge.
2
Season
Stir in the butter, vanilla, the blanched and finely chopped almonds, the sugar and the gelatine dissolved in 1 dl water.
3
Cool and fold
Let the porridge cool well, and then fold in the whipped cream.
4
Set in a mould
Fill the mixture into a moistened mould and let it set in the cold.
5
Serve
Turn the fromage out when it is set, and serve with red sauce.

Changes from the original

Mengder er beholdt. Volummål er omregnet til desiliter, prisene er utelatt, og fremgangsmåten er modernisert. «Rød saus» viser til bær- eller ripssaus.

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Frequently asked questions

What is red sauce?: A sweet berry sauce, traditionally of redcurrant juice, served with pale fromages and puddings.
Can the almonds be left out?: They add flavour and bite, but the fromage also works without them if someone cannot tolerate almonds.

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