China Grass

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Rice, Spice and All Things Nice

By Reza Mahammad

Published 2006

  • About

Yes, you’re right. This is a very silly name for a pudding. I included it because I wanted to confuse you. In case you’re interested, China grass is another name for agar agar, which is available from Asian grocers. The pudding itself is similar to the Italian panacotta.

Ingredients

  • 300 ml (10 fl oz) double cream
  • 4 tbsp sugar or to taste

Method

Put the double cream, the sugar and the milk into a saucepan. Sprinkle over the agar agar flakes evenly on the surface of the liquid. Place on the heat and bring to the boil - avoid stirring as this will prevent you from assessing whether the flakes have dissolved or not. Simmer for 10 minutes or so on a medium-to-low heat, stirring occasionally until the flakes have disappeared from the liquid