Name: Budino e saba
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1.25 litres (5 cups) milk; 1 lemon, zested rind only; 7 cloves; 2 cinnamon quills; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped; 165 gm (¾ cup) caster sugar; 10 gm unsalted butter; 5 eggs; 2 egg yolks; To serve: red grapes, halved; Saba; 750 ml (3 cups) mosto (see note)

Budino e saba

It's time for dessert with this pudding with red grape juice sauce.

Serves 6

Prep

45M

Cook

1H 10M

Total

1H 55M

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Pudding with cooked red grape juice

Ingredients

1.25 litres (5 cups) milk

1 lemon, zested rind only

7 cloves

2 cinnamon quills

1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped

165 gm (¾ cup) caster sugar

10 gm unsalted butter

5 eggs

2 egg yolks

To serve: red grapes, halved

Saba

750 ml (3 cups) mosto (see note)

Method

Main

1.Combine milk, zest, cloves, cinnamon and vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium heat and cook until reduced to 750ml (12-15 minutes). Remove from heat, add sugar and stir to dissolve. Cool.

2.Preheat oven to 180C. Grease six 1-cup capacity heatproof ramekins with butter. Stir milk mixture and pour through a fine seive into a mixing bowl, discarding solids. Whisk in the eggs and yolks then pour into ramekins. Cover ramekins with foil, place in a tea towel-lined baking dish, making sure they are not touching each other. Fill baking dish with boiling water three-quarters up the sides of the ramekins and bake until a knife inserted withdraws clean (40-50 minutes). Cool for 15 minutes, remove from baking dish and refrigerate until chilled (1-2 hours).

3.Meanwhile for the saba, boil the mosto in a small saucepan over high heat until reduced by half (20-30 minutes). Cool.

4.To serve, invert puddings, pour a little saba over, garnish with a few grapes and serve immediately.