Blood Orange Polenta Cake (Gluten-Free)

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Every winter I wait for blood oranges the way other people wait for asparagus. They turn up sullen and ordinary on the outside, then you cut one open and there’s that bruised, dramatic crimson and a flavour that’s part orange, part raspberry, part something darker and more grown-up. This cake is the best thing I know to do with them: a dense, sticky, almond-and-polenta sponge that drinks a tart citrus syrup until it’s almost a pudding. And, more or less by accident, it happens to be completely gluten-free.

Saffron and Cardamom Rice Pudding (Firni)

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Firni is the pudding I reach for when I want something that feels celebratory but takes almost nothing from the storecupboard. It is a chilled, set rice pudding made not with whole grains but with ground rice, which gives it a remarkably smooth, almost silken texture quite unlike the looser, spooned rice puddings of a British nursery tea. Perfumed with saffron, cardamom and a whisper of rose, served cold in little bowls and scattered with pistachios, it is quietly luxurious. My small twist is a spoonful of ground almonds stirred in towards the end, which adds body and a faint nuttiness that rounds out the fragrant milk.

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Blood Orange Polenta Cake (Gluten-Free)

Saffron and Cardamom Rice Pudding (Firni)