Poached Montague Tree Plums with Coconut Rice Pudding
/Recipe By Michael Weldon
Ingredients
2 cups coconut water
1 cup jasmine rice
3 cups coconut milk
½ cup coconut cream
1 vanilla pod, split in half
4 plums, cut into quarters
1 cup rose
1 cup water
½ cup caster sugar
1 orange, 2 slices of peel and juice
1 vanilla bean
2 star anise
Method
Add the coconut water into a saucepan over a medium heat, once simmering add in the rice and cook until the liquid is absorbed.
Add the coconut milk, cream and vanilla bean and cook until the rice is tender.
In a saucepan add the rose, water, caster sugar, orange, vanilla bean and star anise, mix together. Add in the plums and place over a medium heat, cook until the plums are tender.
To serve, spoon the rice pudding into a bowl then top with plums and some of the plum poaching liquid.