Trigo con Leche [+ Video] (Bulgur Pudding)

Trigo con Leche Recipe (Bulgur Pudding) can be served as a breakfast dish, or a light dinner dish. It all depends on how much sugar you add.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Dominican

Keyword bulgur, dulce, traditional, trigo

Prep Time 2 hours 5 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 35 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 472kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

2 cup bulgur (see notes)
7 cup water (more may be needed)
4 cinnamon sticks
4 cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon clove powder
½ cup raisins
½ teaspoon salt
pinch lime zest or orange zest
1 cup sugar (white, granulated) (or to taste)
½ teaspoon nutmeg (freshly-grated)

Instructions

Soak the bulgur: Mix bulgur and 6 cups of water. Let it rest for at least two hours (you can leave it overnight in the fridge).
Boil the bulgur: Place the bulgur, water from soaking, and cinnamon in a heavy pot and boil over medium heat for 5 minutes (add an extra cup of water if it looks like it might need it.)
Cook pudding: Add milk, clove powder, raisins, salt, lime peels. Cook over low heat until it acquires a pudding-like consistency (10 mins approx), stirring frequently to prevent it from burning. Add sugar to taste.
Serving: Serve warm if you are using it as a breakfast dish or serve in individual bowls and chill to serve as dessert. Sprinkle with nutmeg before serving.

Video

Notes

Bulgur is sometimes sold under the name Coarse Bulgur Wheat [Amazon affiliate Link] It would not be hard to find in Middle Eastern and Latino communities.

Add less sugar for a main breakfast or dinner dish, more sugar to serve as dessert.

If you are a vegan, you could use milk substitute of your choice. I have used soy milk with great results.

If you are on a no-sugar diet substitute sugar for sweetener of your choice. Add sweetener after you have removed it from the heat.

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