Gâteau de Riz

Name: Gâteau de Riz
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tsp caster sugar; 25 g currants or sultanas; 100 g sugar; 125 g tinned apricots in syrup; 250 g strawberries; ½ litre milk; A pinch of baking powder; 1 egg; 2 egg yolks; 125 g sugar; 180 g butter; 250 g flour; 50 ml water; 125 g round rice; 50 ml double cream; A pinch of salt; 1 vanilla pod; Orange zest; ½ vanilla pod

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Le Cordon Bleu Dessert Techniques

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

A moulded rice cake cooked with caramel and currants is a traditional French dessert. Here, the chef takes it to new heights by serving individual cakes on shortbread bases topped with strawberry slices and orange peel and served with apricot and caramel sauces.

Ingredients

For the rice

125 g round rice
½ litre milk
1

Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Pour the rice into a saucepan of water and bring to the boil for 2 minutes. Heat the milk, vanilla, salt and orange zest in another saucepan over a low heat. Drain the water from the rice, transfer the rice into the warm milk mixture and bring to the boil. When the rice has absorbed the milk completely, add the sugar and bring back to the boil. Remove the rice from the h