Glazed Coconut Rice Pudding With Tropical Fruit Food

GLAZED COCONUT RICE PUDDING WITH TROPICAL FRUIT

Steps:

• Place rice in a saucepan with 1 cup water. Bring to simmer, cover and cook 15 minutes. Set aside, covered, 15 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, combine the coconut milk, 1/4 cup of the cream and the vanilla bean in a heavy saucepan. Scald, then remove from heat. Remove the vanilla bean.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks with 1/3 cup of the sugar. Add the scalded coconut-milk mixture, a little at a time at first, and mix well with the egg yolks. Return to the saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until custard begins to thicken and coat the spoon. Do not overcook. Remove from the heat, and continue stirring for 1 minute.
• Strain the custard into a bowl, and stir in salt and two tablespoons of the rum. Fold in rice, cover and chill until very cold, at least 4 hours.
• Whip the remaining cream until stiff, then fold into the rice and custard mixture. Spread the pudding in an oven-proof dish, about 9 inches square, that can go to the table. Refrigerate until just before serving.
• Mix fruit and remaining rum.
• Preheat broiler. Sprinkle remaining sugar on the surface of the pudding, and place under a broiler just until top is lightly browned. Serve at once, with fruit on the side.

COCONUT RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine rice, coconut milk, milk, sugar, vanilla bean, and salt, in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and cover the pot, leaving the lid slightly ajar. Simmer for 30 minutes. Stir the pot occasionally with a wooden spoon until the mixture has a creamy consistency.
• Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water until they soften, about 6 minutes. Take the coconut mixture off the heat, squeeze the excess water from the sheets of gelatin, and add to the coconut mixture. Stir to dissolve the gelatin. Remove the vanilla bean, and divide the pudding into 4 (3-ounce) ramekins.
• Chill overnight. To unmold the puddings, place ramekins into a hot water bath for about 30 seconds and invert on a plate. Garnish with mango slices.

BROWN RICE PUDDING WITH COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• Butter the inside of the crock pot or casserole dish.
• Stir together the cooked brown rice, the dried fruit, both sugars and the cardamom in the crock pot.
• In a saucepan whisk together the coconut milk, milk, and egg. Heat through until hot {{without}} boiling. Stir in the almond extract. Pour over rice mixture.
• Cook on LOW for 2-2 1/2 hours or until liquid has absorbed.
• OVEN method: Prepare recipe in Steps #1 and #2. Butter an oven proof 6-quart casserole dish. Place all ingredients in the dish and bake at 350º for 1 hour or until liquid has absorbed.
• If desired, garnish each serving with toasted almonds.
• Serves 6.

COCONUT RICE PUDDING WITH FRUIT SALSA

Steps:

• Make the rice pudding: Combine the rice, coconut milk, water, vanilla extract, sugar and a pinch of salt in a rice cooker. Stir then cook according to the manufacturer's instructions, until the rice is fully cooked and the liquid has been absorbed, 25 to 30 minutes. (Alternatively, cover and cook in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over medium-low heat until the rice is fully cooked and the liquid has been absorbed, 25 to 30 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent the rice from sticking.)
• Remove from the heat and let stand.
• Meanwhile, make the fruit salsa: Combine the mango, strawberries and lime zest in a medium bowl. Stir and let sit for 15 minutes. This gives the flavors time to marry together.
• While the rice pudding is still warm and steaming, top with the fruit salsa and serve. (See Cook's Note.)

BAKED COCONUT RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix the rice with the coconut milk, milk, lime rind and sugar.
• Pour the rice mixture into a lightly-greased 1.4 litre shollow ovenproff dish and dot the surface with a little butter. Bake in 300 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
• Remove and discard the strip of lime. Stir the pudding well, add the pinch of ground star anise, if using, return to the oven and cook for a further 1-2 hours or until almost all the milk has been absorbed and a golden brown skin has baked on the top of the pudding. Cover the top of the pudding with foil if it starts to brown too much to wards the end of the cooking time.
• Serve the pudding warm or chilled with fresh or stewed fruit.

KOZY'S CREAMY COCONUT RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Combine rice, coconut milk, sugar, and salt in a pot; cook and stir until thickened and creamy, about 20 minutes.
• Beat milk and egg together in a bowl. Spoon 1 to 2 tablespoons rice mixture into milk mixture and beat to warm and temper milk mixture. Slowly pour milk mixture into rice mixture while constantly beating; cook, stirring constantly, until pudding is heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat and stir coconut oil, vanilla extract, and coconut extract into pudding; refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Garnish pudding with pineapple wedge.