Rice pudding, meringue and berry parfaits
Use caramelized pears or other fruit instead of the berries.
Ingredients
- 1 egg white, at room temperature
- 155 ml (1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp) castor sugar
- 375 ml (1 ½ cups) cooked Spekko Saman White Rice
- 80 ml milk
- 80 ml cream
- 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 10 ml (2 tbsp) butter
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 80 ml fresh or frozen blueberries
- 80 ml fresh or frozen strawberries
- 5 ml chopped fresh mint leaves
Method
- Preheat the oven to 150°C.
- Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add 2 tablespoons sugar while beating eggs.
- Shape into small discs and bake for 1 hour. Switch off oven and keep meringue inside until cool.
- In a saucepan simmer rice, milk, cream and ½ cup sugar. Stirring occasionally until heated through. Allow to cool.
- Add egg yolks stirring frequently until all are fully incorporated. Return pot to the stove bring to the boil and continue stirring for 2 minutes. Add butter and vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
- In 2 separate sauce pans heat strawberries and blueberries with a little sugar and water.
- Alternatively layer blueberries, rice pudding and strawberries in 4 parfait glasses. . Topping with meringue disks.