Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote

Gourmet~Traveller

Cuisine: French

Serves: 4

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Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote

By Lisa Featherby

Ingredients

175 gm short-grain rice
700 ml milk
150 ml pouring cream
85 gm raw caster sugar
Finely grated rind of ½ lemon

220 gm (1 cup) caster sugar
3 mandarins, segmented, pith removed
2 tbsp mandarin juice (about ½ mandarin)
½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped

Preparation method

Serves 4

Prep time 20 mins, cook 55 mins (plus cooling, refrigerating)

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

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).

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).

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

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