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====Nordic countries==== [[File:Risifrutti på Konsum 2015.jpg|thumb|Store-bought rice pudding]] In the [[Nordic countries]], rice porridge is commonly eaten for breakfast, dinner and sometimes lunch. It is made as a warm dish from rice cooked in milk. When served, it is commonly sprinkled with cinnamon, sugar (or syrup) and a small knob of butter, and served with milk or fruit juice. In Iceland, it is sometimes served with cold ''[[slátur]]'', a type of liver sausage. In different languages it is called {{Lang|da|risengrød}} (Danish), {{Lang|no|risengrynsgrøt or risgrøt/risgraut}} (Norwegian), {{Lang|sv|risgrynsgröt}} (Swedish), {{Lang|fi|riisipuuro}} (Finnish), {{Lang|is|grjónagrautur}} {{IPA|is|ˈkrjouːnaˌkrœyːtʏr̥|}}, {{Lang|is|hrísgrautur}} {{IPA|is|ˈr̥iːs-|}} or {{Lang|is|hrísgrjónagrautur}} (Icelandic), and {{Lang|fo|rísgreytur}} (Faroese). The rice porridge dinner is used as a basis for rice cream dessert. There are many different variants of this dessert but the basis is the same: cold rice porridge (the dinner variant) is mixed with [[whipped cream]] and sweetened. In Sweden, it is sometimes mixed with [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]] and is then called {{Lang|sv|apelsinris}}. {{Lang|da|[[Risalamande]]}} (Danish, after French ''{{Lang|fr|riz à l'amande}}'', rice with almonds) is cold {{Lang|da|risengrød}} with [[whipped cream]], [[vanilla]], and chopped [[almond]], often served with hot or chilled cherry (or strawberry) sauce. In [[Norway]], the dessert is called {{Lang|no|riskrem}} and served with red sauce (usually made from strawberries, raspberries or cherries). Rice cream dessert is called {{Lang|sv|ris à la Malta}} in Sweden, while what is referred to as ''{{Lang|sv|risgrynspudding}}'' is made with eggs instead of cream. In [[Scandinavia]], rice pudding has long been a part of [[Christmas]] tradition, in some countries referred to as {{Lang|sv|julegröt}}''/''{{Lang|no|julegrøt}}''/''{{Lang|da|julegrød}}''/''{{Lang|fi|joulupuuro}} (Yule porridge) or {{Lang|sv|tomtegröt}}''/''{{Lang|da|nissegrød}}. The latter name is due to the old tradition of sharing the meal with the guardian of the homestead, called {{Lang|sv|[[tomte]]}} or {{Lang|no|nisse}} (see also ''[[blót]]''). In [[Finland]], Christmas rice porridge is sometimes eaten with a [[kissel]] or [[compote]] made of dried [[prune]]s. A particular Christmas tradition often associated with rice pudding or porridge is hiding a whole almond in the porridge. In Sweden and Finland, popular belief has it that the one who eats the almond will be in luck the following year. In Norway, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, the one who finds it will get the [[almond present]] as a prize. In Denmark and the Faroe Islands, the almond tradition is usually done with {{Lang|da|risalamande}} served as dessert at {{Lang|da|julefrokost}} (Christmas lunch) or on Christmas Eve. In Norway, it is commonly served as lunch or early dinner on Christmas Eve or the day before, {{Lang|da|lillejulaften}} 'Little Christmas Eve'. In Sweden and Finland, it is more commonly done with a rice porridge dinner, sometimes a few days before Christmas Eve.
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