Ingredients for the cake-

4 eggs

1 bustina vanilla - or a pod

1 rind from a lemon

300gr sugar

100ml sunflower oil

150ml milk

100ml vermouth white

100gr cornflour

400gr 00 flour

16gr raising agent for sweets

Ingredients for the icing -

250gr icing sugar

1 egg white

(add droplets very slowly of water to thin out if its too thick)

WATCH INSTAGRAM REEL FOR METHOD

Heat on the stove -

2 cups of cream

1 cup of milk

1/4 cup sugar

grated orange zest (1/2 orange)

In a seperate bowl -

Whisk 2 egg yolks and 3 whole eggs

1/4 cup sugar

Drop of vanilla essence (or a pod or a vanillina satchel)

Poor the hot cream mixture into the egg mixture and stir.

Strain the mixture and then pop into small bowls in a tray lined with some water in the over on 170c for half and hour

Orange Syrup -

Squeeze the juice of the orange you used in a pan with a few tablespoons of sugar and a dash of tripple sec and boil until it thickens a bit then put it on top of the cooked creme caramel once cooled.

Watch the video reel here https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwo-KEYvbRZ/

Creamy Custardy Rice Pudding.

If you love puddings, this one is for you. A comfort food desert recipe just in time for the cold weather. Budino di Riso was my nonno’s favourite during the winter months and I remember screwing my nose up at it as a child ….but now I love it!

Scroll down for the recipe and a quick method - or click here to head to our instagram page and watch the process. https://www.instagram.com/the_little_italian_school/?next=%2F

Budino di Riso

RICETTA -

6 cups full cream milk

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cups arborio rice

1 satchel of vanillina (or vanilla extract)

2 egg yolks

1 cup cream

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

METHOD

• Bring the milk, sugar , vanilla to boil.

• Add the rice, return to boil, then turn right down to let cook for half hour.

• Whisk 2 egg yolks in a bowl. When rice has cooked for half an hour, scoop out a ladel worth into the egg yolks and whisk vigorously so they don’t scramble

• Add yolk mixture & cream into the pot with the rice and simmer for another 5 or so minutes

• Add the cinnamon (or not if you don’t like it)

• NB always stir your rice often when on the heat to avoid milk burning on the bottom of the pot and once taken off the heat let it rest a while stirring every so often

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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cby7deOl9Tn/

Honestly - if you just put all the ingredients in a bowl and either mix them well in a kitchenaid or knead well by hand , they will turn out beautifully. Don’t over think it!

3 cups flour 00

2 teaspoons dry yeast

1/2 teaspoon salt

100 gr room temp butter

1 & 1/4 cups milk

Knead. Let it rise for a couple of hours or so

IN THE MEANTIME - make your cinnamon butter spread and your icing. Put about 100gr room temp butter, a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar, a tablespoon of cinnamon, and mix until it forms a buttery texture.

For the icing, just a few tablespoons of icing sugar and a tablespoon of milk and mix. If you like it more runny you need more water , or more thick, just add more icing sugar (do it gradually, in small amounts so you get “your” right consistency.

Once risen roll out the dough into a square (ish) shape, spread your butter cream on it, roll and cut and place in a tin. Take a look at the one I have used in my reels to get an idea of the size.

Let rise for about another half hour and then bake.

Bake on around 175 until they are golden.

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