Rice pudding tart

Name: Rice pudding tart
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: icing sugar, to dust; 3 egg whites; 2 egg yolks; 70 g (2¼ oz) short-grain rice; 100 g (3¼ oz) caster sugar; ground cinnamon, to taste; 500 ml (16 fl oz) milk; 1 egg; ½ tablespoon oil; 12 g (½ oz) fresh yeast or 6 g (¼ oz) dried yeast; 12 g (½ oz) fresh yeast or 6 g (¼ oz) dried yeast; 75 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter, chilled and cut in cubes; 4 tablespoons milk; 250 g (8 oz) plain flour

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Regional French

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

The crusaders originally brought rice to France and in the seventeenth century the French first attempted its cultivation, without much success. Today, however, there is a successful rice-growing industry in the Camargue.

Ingredients

Pastry

250 g (8 oz) plain flour
75 g (2½

Europe
France
Pie
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

To make the pastry, preheat the oven to warm 160°C (315°F/Gas 2–3). Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the butter and rub in with a quick, light action of your fingertips until the butter is incorporated and the flour is sandy in texture. Warm the milk in a s