is tender, about 1 hour. Serve warm. We discovered that it also tastes good cold, standing in front of the refrigerator :-) You can substitute skim milk or evaporated skim milk instead of whole milk. Also, if exotic bananas aren't available, substitute regular ones. I used evaporated skim milk, regular bananas, and I think I left out the liqueur. Arborio is the short-grained Italian rice traditionally used for risotto. My regular supermarket does carry it. Perhaps another kind of rice would work.