Glazed Coconut Rice Pudding With Tropical Fruit Recipes

GLAZED COCONUT RICE PUDDING WITH TROPICAL FRUIT

Steps:

• Place rice in a saucepan with 1 cup water. Bring to simmer, cover and cook 15 minutes. Set aside, covered, 15 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, combine the coconut milk, 1/4 cup of the cream and the vanilla bean in a heavy saucepan. Scald, then remove from heat. Remove the vanilla bean.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks with 1/3 cup of the sugar. Add the scalded coconut-milk mixture, a little at a time at first, and mix well with the egg yolks. Return to the saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until custard begins to thicken and coat the spoon. Do not overcook. Remove from the heat, and continue stirring for 1 minute.
• Strain the custard into a bowl, and stir in salt and two tablespoons of the rum. Fold in rice, cover and chill until very cold, at least 4 hours.
• Whip the remaining cream until stiff, then fold into the rice and custard mixture. Spread the pudding in an oven-proof dish, about 9 inches square, that can go to the table. Refrigerate until just before serving.
• Mix fruit and remaining rum.
• Preheat broiler. Sprinkle remaining sugar on the surface of the pudding, and place under a broiler just until top is lightly browned. Serve at once, with fruit on the side.

COCONUT RICE PUDDING CAKE WITH FLAMBEED FRUIT SATAYS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, on medium heat, add the coconut milk, vanilla, and sugar and reduce by 50 percent. In a bowl, mix the rice and reduce milk together. Form 4 cakes using damp hands. Press the cakes into the toasted coconut to coat both sides. Place the cakes in a steamer lined with banana leaves. Steam until hot, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, skewer the fruit to make satays. In a saute pan on high heat, add the butter and saute the satays until slightly colored. Remove the pan from the heat and carefully deglaze/flambe with rum. Return the pan to the heat and cook until alcohol evaporates, about 2 minutes. Remove satays and add cream to pan to make a sauce. On small plates, place one cake down and top with 2 satays. Drizzle on cream sauce.

TROPICAL RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• in a small bowl add currants and rum, set aside for 30 minutes.
• mix cooked rice with milks, sugar, ginger and salt in a large saucepan.
• bring to boil, lower to simmer, stir in currants.
• simmer for 40 minutes until thickened.
• mix in 1/2 c diced mango and 1/2 c diced papaya.
• divide into serving cups, garnish with remaining diced fruit and top with toasted coconut.

RICE PUDDING WITH FRUIT

Steps:

• Bring the milk, sugar and vanilla to a boil in a saucepan. Add the rice, mix well, and bring the mixture back to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to very low, and simmer for about 40 minutes, until the rice is very soft. (The mixture should still be soupy; if it is not, add enough additional milk to make it soupy.)
• Add the dried fruits to the pudding, mix, and set aside until cooled to room temperature. Spoon into six dessert dishes and serve, if desired, with 1 or 2 tablespoons of yogurt or sour cream on top.

COCONUT PUDDING WITH TROPICAL FRUITS

Steps:

• Bring milk to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Add coconut; remove from heat. Cover and let steep 20 minutes. Transfer to blender; purée until smooth.
• Whisk sugar, cornstarch and salt in small bowl to blend. Add to same saucepan. Gradually whisk in coconut mixture then egg. Stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Mix in vanilla. Cool completely. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Combine pineapple, banana and papaya in bowl. Divide half of fruit mixture among 4 wine glasses. Top with pudding then remaining fruit. Chill until cold, about 2 hours. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

CREAMY COCONUT RICE PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, combine the first 5 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to maintain a low simmer. Cook, uncovered, 35-45 minutes or until rice is soft and milk is almost absorbed, stirring occasionally., Remove from heat; stir in extracts. Cool slightly. Serve warm or refrigerate, covered, and serve cold. To serve, spoon pudding into dishes. Top with fruit; sprinkle with almonds and coconut.

CREAMY RICE PUDDING WITH TROPICAL FRUITS

Steps:

• Boil rice in water in a 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan, uncovered and undisturbed, until steam holes appear on surface, about 8 minutes.
• Reduce heat to very low and cook, covered and undisturbed, 12 minutes more.
• Stir in cream, sugar, vanilla, and salt and simmer, stirring, 2 minutes.
• Stir 1 cup fruit into pudding and serve topped with remaining fruit.