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Creamy rice pudding with poached rhubarb

Name: Creamy rice pudding with poached rhubarb
Yield: For 2 people
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 50g short grain rice; 1 large orange; 500ml full-fat milk; 65g caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped; 200g trimmed rhubarb, cut into; 2.5cm pieces; 4 tbsp double cream; Icing sugar, for dusting; 20g toasted flaked almonds

Published: 31 Mar 07
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Rice pudding is old fashioned and better for it. This nice rice pudding is creamy and velvety – the poached rhubarb adds another layer of flavour.

Easy
April 2007

Test kitchen approved

For 2 people
Ready in 45 minutes

Rice pudding is old fashioned and better for it. This nice rice pudding is creamy and velvety – the poached rhubarb adds another layer of flavour.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 643kcals
Fat: 32.5g (17g saturated)
Protein: 14.4g
Carbohydrates: 77.8g (56.1g sugars)
Salt: 0.3g

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Ingredients

50g short grain rice
1 large orange
500ml full-fat milk
65g caster sugar
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
200g trimmed rhubarb, cut into
2.5cm pieces
4 tbsp double cream
Icing sugar, for dusting
20g toasted flaked almonds

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Method

Make the rice pudding. Rinse the rice in a sieve under cold water. When the water runs clear, tip into a heavy-based saucepan. Pare off 1 strip orange zest and add to the pan with the milk, 50g sugar and the vanilla pod and seeds. Bring to the boil over a medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring often, for 35 minutes or until the rice is soft and swollen and the milk is absorbed. Wipe the pod, halve and reserve.
Meanwhile, poach the rhubarb. Pare the remaining orange zest (discard as much pith as possible) and juice the orange. Put the zest, juice and remaining sugar in a pan over a medium heat, stir to dissolve the sugar, then bring to the boil. Cook for a few minutes until reduced and syrupy. Lower the heat and cook the rhubarb gently for 3 minutes or until just tender but holding its shape.
Stir the cream into the rice, divide between bowls and spoon rhubarb on top. Dust with icing sugar, scatter the almonds and decorate with vanilla pod.