Riz à l'impératrice (pronounced [ʁi a lɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis]) is an elaborate molded version of rice pudding in French haute cuisine.

Rice pudding is mixed with Bavarian cream, set in a charlotte mold, turned out and then decorated with candied fruits macerated in alcohol such as kirsch or maraschino.

[1] The dessert is said to have been named in honor of the Empress Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of France from 1853 to 1870.

[2][3] Marcel Proust refers to the dish in Volume one of his In Search of Lost Time.

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