FEATURE RECIPE
Breakfast risotto with poached rhubarb

Breakfast risotto with poached rhubarb

Serves 6

Cooking Time Prep time 15 mins, cook 45 mins



4   egg yolks
80 gm   caster sugar
1 litre   (4 cups) milk
1   vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
20 gm   butter
300 gm   (1½ cups) carnaroli rice
40 ml   dessert wine
To serve:   natural yoghurt (optional)
Poached rhubarb
220 gm   caster sugar
2   mandarins, juice only
1   lemon, thinly peeled rind and juice only
200 gm   rhubarb stalks (about 1/3 bunch), halved widthways, thinly sliced lengthways on a mandolin


1 For poached rhubarb, combine sugar, juices, peel and 250ml water in a saucepan over medium heat, stir until sugar dissolves, increase heat to high, bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer to infuse (6-8 minutes), add rhubarb, cook until tender (1 minute). Remove from heat, set aside.
2 Meanwhile, whisk yolks and sugar in a bowl until thick and pale (3-4 minutes), set aside until required. Combine milk, vanilla bean and seeds in a large saucepan, bring just to the boil, remove from heat, remove vanilla bean and keep warm.
3 Melt butter in a separate saucepan over medium heat, add rice, stir to coat and toast (1-2 minutes). Add wine and stir continuously until wine evaporates (1-2 minutes). Add hot milk mixture, 250ml at a time, stirring continuously until milk is absorbed before adding more. When rice is al dente (25-30 minutes), stir in egg yolk mixture and cook until thick (1-2 minutes). Remove from heat, divide among bowls, spoon over rhubarb and serve immediately with natural yoghurt, if desired.


RECIPE Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY Sharyn Cairns STYLING Geraldine Munoz and Emma Knowles


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