desserts

Strawberry Torta Di Riso

This Italian rice cake is infused with vanilla and fresh strawberries for a nostalgic yet refined dessert. Moist and gently sweet, it's the kind of cake that pairs beautifully with coffee or a drizzle of cream. Comfort disguised as elegance.

Prep
20 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Serves
8
Level
medium
dessert baked italian strawberry rice durham-region local-ingredients
Butter, for greasing pan
sugar, plus extra for dusting 1 1/4 cup
pinches of salt, divided 2
Arborio rice 1/2 cup
eggs 6
Sambuca 1/4 cup
Willowtree strawberries, hulled 1 1/2 cups
vanilla extract 1 tsp
Sargent Dairy 3.25%MF Milk, warmed 2 cups

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9 inch cake pan with butter, and generously dust with sugar. Set aside.

  2. Bring a medium sauce pot of water to a boil, add a pinch of salt and rice and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Strain rice and allow to cool slightly.

  3. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar. Stir in Sambuca, strawberries, vanilla, remaining pinch of salt and milk and, using an immersion blender, blend until smooth, then fold in reserved rice until combined.

  4. Pour rice mixture into prepared pan and bake until set, about 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan and serve at room temperature or refrigerate and serve chilled.

Local Partners

  • Sargent Dairy Milk

Published: 6/13/2025

Category: desserts

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