Toasted Rhubarb Pudding Hambleton Hall Food

TOASTED RHUBARB PUDDING (HAMBLETON HALL)

Steps:

• Cut the rhubarb into 1/2-inch slices; cover with cold water and poach until tender. Strain rhubarb and conserve the cooking liquid.
• Soak the gelatin in 3 tablespoons cold water.
• Add 2 cups of rhubarb juice to the heavy cream and bring to boil. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Whisk the egg yolks with 1/4 cup of sugar and the flour.
• Stir the hot cream-rhubarb mixture slowly into the yolk mixture and bring to a boil, stirring with wooden spoon. Cook until mixture thickens to the consistency of custard. Stir in dissolved gelatin; cool.
• Combine remaining sugar with 6 tablespoons water and boil until it reaches 235 degrees.
• Beat the whites until soft peaks form; slowly beat in hot syrup. After all syrup is beaten in continue beating for about 1 minute, to cool mixture. Fold whites into rhubarb-cream.
• Spoon half of the rhubarb-cream mixture into an 8- or 9-inch spring form; add rhubarb chunks; top with remaining rhubarb-cream mixture and smooth. Refrigerate for a few hours.
• Just before serving remove ring and place spring form in freezer for 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle the top of the pudding generously and evenly with sugar. Run under very hot broiler until sugar caramelizes, less than 2 minutes. sugar. Watch carefully or it will burn (the edges may melt slightly).
• Serve pudding with pureed rhubarb.

RHUBARB STEAMED PUDDING

Steps:

• Cook the rhubarb with 75g/2¾oz of the sugar and the ginger over a gentle heat for 2-3 mins until just starting to soften. Remove from heat.
• Grease a 900ml pudding basin. Put butter and remaining sugar in a bowl and cream together. Stir in vanilla extract, then beat in eggs, a little at a time. Sift in flour and carefully fold into the mixture.
• Spoon rhubarb into the bottom of the basin, then spoon the sponge mixture on top and level off surface.
• Butter a piece of greaseproof paper slightly bigger than the top of the pudding basin. Make a pleat in the centre and secure over the top of basin. Repeat with a piece of foil, then secure the whole thing with string. Place in a pan half filled with simmering water. Cover and cook for 1½ hrs, checking regularly that the pan does not boil dry. Remove cover, invert the pudding onto a plate, then carefully lift off the pudding basin. Serve with crème fraîche or single cream.

CONTEST-WINNING RHUBARB PUDDING

Steps:

• Remove crusts from bread; cut into 1/2-in. cubes. Place in a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. , In a large saucepan, heat milk over medium heat until bubbles form around sides of pan; remove from the heat. Stir in butter until melted. Pour over bread; let stand for 15 minutes., In a large bowl, combine the eggs, rhubarb, sugar, cinnamon and salt; stir into bread mixture. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until set. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

ROASTED RHUBARB

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Rinse the rhubarb and shake off the excess water. Trim the ends and cut the rhubarb into little finger-sized pieces. Put the rhubarb in a shallow dish or baking sheet with sides, tip the sugar over, toss together, then shuffle the rhubarb so it's in a single layer.
• Cover with foil and roast for 15 mins. Remove the foil. The sugar should have dissolved, so give everything a little shake and roast for another 5 mins or until tender and the juices are syrupy. Test with a sharp knife; the rhubarb should feel tender, not mushy, and still have kept its shape.