Rice Pudding With Dates

Name: Rice Pudding With Dates
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 cups whole milk (3 cups whole milk); 2 cups heavy whipping cream (2 cups heavy whipping cream); .33 cup arborio rice (1/3 cup arborio rice); .50 vanilla bean (1/2 vanilla bean, split and grains removed); 3 large eggs (3 large eggs, beaten); 3 tablespoons corn starch (3 tablespoons corn starch); .25 teaspoon salt (1/4 teaspoon salt); .50 cup granulated sugar (1/2 cup granulated sugar); .50 cup dates (1/2 cup chopped dates); 1 tablespoon dates (1 tablespoon chopped dates)