Comfort food for rainy days!

It’s been raining for days now! OK, not really raining all the time, but it’s sounds more dramatic and depressing than the reality, which is MUCH, MUCH worse. There is practically NO sun! I feel like a mussel, trapped in a big,dark pot, waiting for something to happen. Even being boiled right now would be a preferred state to this stand still.

But… There is always a solution! In FOOD! Yes, capital letters! Food can be comfort, can be joy, can be a discovery or just a glimpse of our past. In days like this, I’ve decided to make a dessert which is a combination of my mum’s recipe and my own twist on it. And voila, here is the result.

Now, to explain what it is. Have you ever had milk rice? Milk rice in Slovenia used to be really popular. Mothers would make it for their kids, schools would have it on the menu for breakfast. Just a few pinches of cocoa on top and you get a meal that will last for hours.

My dessert is a baked version of this lovely breakfast meal, you just need to add some eggs and a few secret ingredients I’ll keep to myself 😉 and you’ve got yourself a simple, filling dessert.

Now, if pure simplicity is not really your cup of tea (it’s not for me;)) then you can play around with various toppings. When I was a kid, my mum used to pour fruit syrup on the dessert. It was delicious! But, I refrained from being this lazy and unhealthy, so I made a blueberry topping. Also my boyfriend decided to buy a whole kilo of blueberries and I had a sneaky suspicion, we would get fed up with eating fresh berries in a day or two.

So, that’s it. I’ve tried it and immediately forgot about the weather. It took me back to my mum’s kitchen and the fun times I had as a child. Hope my boyfriend loves it too when he comes back from work. Fingers crossed! 😉