Risalamande, Danish rice pudding, a recipe on Gourmetpedia

Ingredients

• - 1 litre / 4 cups milk
• - 8 Tbsp. sugar
• - 150 g risotto rice (Arborio type)
• - 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• - 100 g crushed almonds
• - 250 ml / 1 cup cream
• - 1 whole almond
• - 250 g / 1 jar pitted sour cherries in their syrup
• - 1 Tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 1 Tbsp. water (optional) (1)
• - 4 Tbsp. Heering cherry brandy(2)
• - 2 Tbsp. or more sugar