• Porcini rice pudding

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 40 mins

    Ingredients

    • 1,25 litres (5 cups) milk
    • 1 bay leaf
    • sprigs of fresh thyme
    • 125ml (½ cup) dried
    • porcini mushrooms
    • 200g (1 cup) arborio or risotto rice
    • freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
    • freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 250ml (1 cup) Parmesan or pecorino, grated
    • 100g butter
    • small bunch fresh sage leaves
    • 50g pine nuts

    Instructions

    1

    Place the milk in a saucepan and infuse with the bay leaf, thyme and porcini mushrooms over low heat. Discard the bay leaf and thyme and add the rice.

    2

    Increase the heat and bring the milk to the boil. Reduce the heat again to low, cover and cook, stirring occasionally until the rice is tender, about 25 – 30 minutes. Season with the nutmeg and black pepper and add the Parmesan, stirring until it is completelymelted. Adjust the seasoning.

    3

    Melt the butter in a small pan and cook over low heat until it starts to caramelise and go nutty. Add the sage leaves and pine nuts. Remove from the heat.

    4

    Ladle the rice pudding into 4 bowls and drizzle some of the brown butter over each. Serve.