A pastry chef adorably teams up with her grandmother to make sweet Colombian-style arroz con leche

Valentina Mussi explains how her Colombian background has influenced her cooking and ways of incorporating flavors that have shaped her childhood.

Video Transcript

VALENTINA MUSSI: [SPEAKING SPANISH]

VALENTINA MUSSI: And every region has its own kind of cuisine and its own dishes that they're known for. Overall, they're all delicious. Today, we're making rice pudding, [SPANISH], with my grandmother, Carmenza. Sugar. My grandma, Carmenza, never uses exact measurements or measures anything. That's why I can't recreate it at home. [SPANISH].

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VALENTINA MUSSI: Vanilla now. I'm going to add the salt now. This is just heavy cream. Now, I'm just going to garnish it with some cinnamon, some raisins.

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