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Coconut rice pudding

Ingredients

Serves 4

  • 75g/3oz pudding rice
  • 300ml/11floz double cream
  • 300ml/11floz coconut milk
  • 60g/2 ½ oz sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
  • 30g/1 ¼ oz butter
  • 400g/14oz fresh raspberries
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp white rum –optional
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 pinch nutmeg

Method

  1. Wash the rice and drain.
  2. Pour the cream and coconut milk into a saucepan, bring to the boil then add the rice and stir well to distribute.
  3. Add the sugar, split vanilla pod and butter and simmer slowly for about 20-30 minutes, stirring regularly until cooked.
  4. Put half the raspberries into a saucepan with the icing sugar, rum and spices, bring up to the boil and simmer until thickened.
  5. Remove the star anise and cinnamon stick and push through a sieve into bowl containing the remaining raspberries, then set aside to cool.
  6. Pour the rice pudding into dishes and put raspberries in the centre and serve.