Dessert Recipes - Austrian Fruit Rice (Trauttmansdorff)

Ingredients

• 450 ml/2 cups milk

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup short-grain (pudding) rice

• A pinch of salt

• Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

• 45 ml/3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

• 1 sachet of powdered gelatine

• 450 g/1lb/1 large can fruit cocktail in natural juice

• 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup whipping cream, whipped

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Method:

1. Put the milk in a saucepan with the rice, salt and lemon rind.

2. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes or until the rice is really tender and creamy.

3. Stir in the sugar and leave to cool. Soften the gelatine in the lemon juice, then stand in a pan of hot water or microwave to dissolve completely.

4. Strain off the juice from the can of fruit. Add 250 ml/1 cup to the gelatine and stir well.

5. Stir into the cold rice with the drained fruit. Fold in the whipped cream. Turn into a lightly oiled mould (mold) and chill until set.

6. Loosen the edges, dip the mould in hot water, then turn out on to a serving dish and serve cold.