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Rice pudding with rhubarb

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Tart and versatile, rhubarb is a perfect match with savoury or sweet dishes.
Tart and versatile, rhubarb is a perfect match with savoury or sweet dishes.Edwina Pickles
easyTime:30 mins - 1 hourServes:4

Chefs are loving rhubarb right now. When buying, look for crisp, upright stalks with a good vibrant colour and trim off any leaves. The best way to cook rhubarb is to bake the stalks whole, which keeps their colour and shape. If you're in a hurry, just chop the stalks and simmer gently in a covered pan with the sugar and orange juice for five minutes. Serve warm or cool.

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Ingredients

  • 750g rhubarb stalks

  • 4 tbsp soft brown sugar

  • 4 tbsp orange juice

  • 700ml milk

  • 125g short grain or risotto rice

  • 2 tbsp castor sugar

  • 1 tsp orange blossom water (optional)

  • 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

Method

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oven to 180C. Wash the rhubarb and trim the stalks, discarding leaves. Arrange in a baking tray lined with baking paper, scatter with sugar and pour over the orange juice. Bake for 20 minutes or until soft. Lift the stalks onto a platter and pour the juices over the top.

  2. Step 2

    To make the rice pudding, place milk and rice in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until tender.

  3. Step 3

    Add castor sugar and orange blossom water, stirring well, and set aside for five minutes to cool. Spoon into glass dessert bowls. Snip the rhubarb into three-centimetre bits and pile on top, scatter with pomegranate seeds and spoon on the juices so they sink into the rice.

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