New: December 2019
From: https://nordicfoodliving.com/risalamande-danish-rice-dessert/

The original recipe was an insane amount, so this is a halved version.
Ingredients
Rice pudding
0.5 cup (1.125 dl) short-grained white rice (pudding rice)
50 mL water
0.5 L milk
0.5 vanilla beans (the seeds)
1 t je ne sais quoi
Risalamande

75 g almonds
1 tbsp sugar
1 cups (250 mL) heavy cream
0.5 can cherry sauce (for topping, get the type from trader joes)

Instructions
Danish rice pudding (The Risalamande version)
In a saucepan; add rice and water. Heat up and let it boil for about 2 minutes.
Add the milk to the pudding and heat up until boiling under constantly stirring.
Add the seeds from the vanilla beans. This is done by slicing the vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds using a knife. Mix the vanilla with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Also, add the empty vanilla beans to the pudding (they still have a lot of flavor).

Let the pudding simmer under a lid at low heat. The rice has a tendency to burn to the saucepan so remember to stir regularly. Let it simmer for about 35 minutes.
Remove the empty vanilla beans. The rice pudding is now done. Let it cool in the fridge before you proceed to make the Risalamande. You can with advantage make this rice pudding the day in advance.

Risalamande
Heat some water until boiling point and pour it in a small bowl. Add the almonds and let them soak in the hot water for about 5-7 minutes. One-by-one take the almonds up and press them between two fingers so that the peel separates from the almond. Add more hot water if needed. It should be easy to skin the almonds.
Coarsely chop the almonds and mix them with the cold rice pudding.

In a separate bowl, whisk the heavy cream into whipped cream and gently mix the it with the rice pudding. The Risalamande is now done. Put it in the fridge until serving.

Notes: Serve the Risalamande with some warm cherry sauce. If you want to play the traditional Danish almond-game (mandelgave), leave a whole almond without the peel in the Risalamande - who ever gets the whole almond wins a small prize.


Original:
Ingredients
Rice pudding
1 cup (2.25 dl) short-grained white rice (pudding rice)
100 mL water
1 L milk
2 vanilla beans (the seeds)
Risalamande

150 g almonds
2 tbsp sugar
~2 cups (500 mL) heavy cream
1 can cherry sauce (for topping)