Chilled Almond Pudding With Honey Syrup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 750 ml milk
• 100 g rice flour
• 40 g almond meal
• 80 g caster sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split in half
• 150 ml plain yogurt
• 1 lime, juice of
• 150 ml honey
• 50 ml water
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom seed
• 2 teaspoons orange blossom water

Recipe

• 1 for the syrup: combine all the ingredients except the orange blossom water in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes. set aside and allow to cool.
• 2 whisk the milk with the rice flour, almond meal and sugar until combined and pour into a heavy-based pot. add vanilla bean.
• 3 gently heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture boils and thickens.
• 4 reduce the heat and continue to cook, stirring for a couple of minutes. the mixture should be thick but of a pouring consistency - add more milk if the mixture has become too thick.
• 5 remove and discard the vanilla bean. stir in the yogurt and lime juice.
• 6 pour the mixture into little serving bowls and refrigerate until chilled.
• 7 just before serving, pour the syrup over.