Recipe: Perfect winter pud | Stuff.co.nz

Persimmon is a kind of neglected and underrated fruits, fairly, however unusually intimidating, it appears, to most of us. I requested round, and most of my lot had barely even tasted one. What’s to be carried out with these peculiar orange tomato-y trying issues? This, I’ll inform you, is what’s to be carried out with them. I really like rice pudding, and hate to mess with such a traditional, however irked by the shortage of respectable vegan candy issues on the market, sought to create one thing appropriately so. I’m fairly pleased with the consequence. It’s wonderful chilly or reheated for breakfast, by the way in which.

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Coconut rice pudding with caramelised persimmon

Prep time: 10 minutes

Prepare dinner time: 2 hours

Serves: 4-6

Elements

250g quick grain rice

160g brown sugar

Zest of 1 lemon or lime

3 x 400ml tins coconut cream

1 x 400ml tin coconut milk

Persimmon topping

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 persimmons, sliced

Methodology

Preheat the oven to 150C on bake operate.

Take a big, deep ceramic baking dish and add the rice, brown sugar and zest, and stir collectively. Pour in two of the tins of coconut cream and the milk and stir every part collectively. Pop into the oven to bake gently for about an hour, stirring often.

Within the meantime, mix the brown sugar and sliced persimmon in a pan, gently transferring the fruit across the pan till the sugar has melted right into a sauce. Add 2-3 tablespoons of water, convey up the warmth somewhat, and let it bubble away for 5-6 minutes till the persimmon is somewhat caramelised across the edges and the sauce has lowered to all however about 2 tablespoons or so.

After an hour within the oven, begin peeping on the rice pudding. As soon as it’s al dente and the liquid has virtually been all absorbed, stir within the ultimate tin of coconut cream, combine nicely, stage off and spoon the caramelised persimmon excessive, spooning any residual sauce over too. Pop again into the oven to bake for an extra 30-45 minutes, till the highest is somewhat golden and the pudding is beautiful and creamy. Permit to chill somewhat earlier than serving.