Name: Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 175 gm short-grain rice; 700 ml milk; 150 ml pouring cream; 85 gm raw caster sugar; Finely grated rind of ½ lemon; Caramelised mandarin compote; 220 gm caster sugar (1 cup); 3 mandarins, segmented, pith removed; 2 tbsp mandarin juice (about ½ mandarin); ½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped

Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote

Serves 4

Prep

20M

Cook

55M

Total

1H 15M

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This is a twist on Paris’s popular riz au lait. You’ll need to begin this recipe a day ahead.

Ingredients

175 gm short-grain rice

700 ml milk

150 ml pouring cream

85 gm raw caster sugar

Finely grated rind of ½ lemon

Caramelised mandarin compote

220 gm caster sugar (1 cup)

3 mandarins, segmented, pith removed

2 tbsp mandarin juice (about ½ mandarin)

½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped

Method

Main

1.For caramelised mandarin compote, stir sugar and 100ml water in a saucepan over medium-high heat to dissolve sugar, then bring to the boil, brush down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush and cook until dark caramel (10-15 minutes). Reduce heat to low, add mandarin segments and juice (be careful as hot caramel will spit) and scraped vanilla pod and stir to combine. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate to develop flavours (overnight).

2. Bring rice and enough cold water to cover to the boil in a saucepan over high heat. Drain, return to pan with milk, cream, sugar, lemon rind, vanilla seeds and a pinch of salt, cover, then stir occasionally over low heat until rice is tender (30-40 minutes).

3.Bring caramelised mandarin compote to room temperature, divide warm rice pudding among bowls, spoon compote over and serve with extra compote.

Recipe / styling by Lisa Featherby

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