Lemon Rhubarb Rice Pudding Food

LEMON RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• Pour the rice into a medium saucepan (nonstick works well). Add the milk, cream, butter, salt and 2 cups of water and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil over medium-high heat, then cover the pan, reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring twice as it cooks, until all the liquid is absorbed and the mixture is creamy, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Turn off the heat, add the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and lemon zest and juice and stir. Return to the heat and cook for 5 more minutes, then turn off the heat again. Mix in the egg, stirring constantly.
• Let the mixture sit in the pan for an additional couple of minutes, then serve it nice and warm with some grated lemon zest over the top.

RHUBARB RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a bowl soak rice in cold water to cover 30 minutes. In a sieve drain rice and rinse under cold water.
• With a knife halve vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape seeds into a 3-quart heavy saucepan. Add pod, rice, milk, cream, sugar, butter, nutmeg, and a pinch salt. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally, and simmer, partially covered, over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, 25 minutes, or until rice is tender and mixture is creamy but still loose. Remove pan from heat and discard pod. In a small cup sprinkle gelatin over 1 tablespoon cold water and let soften 1 minute. Stir gelatin mixture into hot rice mixture until gelatin is dissolved.
• Lightly oil a 9-inch springform pan and line with plastic wrap. Pour pudding into pan and cool on a rack. Chill pudding, covered, until firm, at least 3 hours, and up to 1 day.
• Make topping:
• Have ready a tray lined with wax paper. Trim rhubarb and cut stalks crosswise into 1-inch pieces. In a 12-inch heavy skillet bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and boil 1 minute. Add rhubarb and poach at a bare simmer, without stirring, until just tender but not falling apart, about 10 minutes. With a slotted spoon transfer rhubarb pieces as cooked to tray. Pour syrup through a sieve into a bowl and return to skillet. Boil syrup until it reaches soft-ball stage (see note, above; 238°F.), about 10 minutes (syrup will be reduced to about 1 cup), and keep warm, covered.
• Remove side from springform pan and invert a serving plate over rice pudding. Invert pudding onto plate and remove bottom of pan and plastic wrap. Arrange rhubarb decoratively on top of pudding and brush with warm syrup. Chill rhubarb rice pudding, uncovered, until cold, at least 1 hour, and up to 3. Serve rhubarb rice pudding chilled.

ORIENTAL RICE PUDDING WITH RHUBARB

Steps:

• Chop dried figs and soak in tepid water.
• Scrape seeds from vanilla bean and bring with the milk, vanilla bean, cardamom pod, saffron and salt to a boil.
• Add rice, cook covered at low heat for about 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add more milk if necessary.
• Cut rhubarb into 1 1/2'' pieces. Bring 1 cup water with sugar and cinnamon stick to a boil, add rhubarb and cook about 4-6 minutes so that the rhubarb gets soft but does not fall apart.
• Remove rhubarb from water and place in a bowl.
• Remove cinnamon stick.
• Boil liquid until slightly syrupy, add lemon juice and pour over rhubarb. let cool.
• Remove cardamom pod and vanilla bean from milk rice, add sugar, drained figs and lemon peel.
• Fill into 4 serving bowls, top with rhubarb compote, sprinkle with cinnamon and chopped pistachios and garnish with mint leaves.

LEMONY RHUBARB PUDDING

Steps:

• For pudding, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir in rhubarb and raisins.
• In separate bowl, beat together milk, egg and vanilla just until combined.
• Stir into flour mixture.
• Place batter into a greased 8 inch square baking dish.
• For sauce, stir sugar and butter into boiling water until dissolved and melted.
• Add lemon juice, lemon rind and nutmeg.
• Pour gently over batter.
• Bake in preheated 350F degree (180C) oven for 30-35 minutes or until pudding is golden brown and firm to the touch.