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Strawberry Condé
Ingredients
1 lb strawberries
3 tablespoons Carolina rice
1 pint milk
1 vanilla pod
1˝ oz caster sugar
Scant ˝ oz gelatine
2 tablespoons cold water
Juice of 1 orange
2˝ fl oz double cream (lightly whipped)
1 egg white
Extra cream for decoration (optional)
6 inch diameter tin, or charlotte mould (1˝ pints capacity)
Method
Lightly oil the mould. Wash the rice and cook slowly in the milk, with vanilla pod to flavour, until it is tender (about 45 minutes). Remove vanilla pod, add the sugar and allow the rice to cool.
Soften the gelatine in 2 tablespoons cold water, add to the orange juice in a pan and dissolve over gentle heat, then add liquid to the rice. Fold in the cream and lastly the stiffly whisked egg white. Pour the mixture into the mould and chill in refrigerator for 2-3 hours. When set turn out the strawberry Condé into a serving dish. Mask the top with cream and surround with strawberries, or serve them separately as a compote sprinkled with orange juice and sugar.
Condé:- is the name given to a set rice cream, but is frequently used to describe a sweet dish featuring rice.
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