Dominic Chapman's orange posset with poached rhubarb recipe
Dominic Chapman's glorious orange posset recipe is an exquisite pudding that's sure to win smiles at the end of a meal. This is a very kid-friendly recipe that children can help whip the cream or spoon the rhubarb into glasses. If you can't source grenadine at your local shop, raspberry cordial could substitute.
See method- Serves 12
- 20mins to prepare, 30mins to cook and 40mins to cool
- 246 calories / serving
Ingredients
For the orange posset
- 3tbsp orange zest
- 150ml (5fl oz) fresh orange juice
- 3tbsp caster sugar
- 600ml (1pint) whipping cream
For the poached rhubarb
- 250g (8oz) rhubarb
- 1/2 orange, zest only
- 95g (31/2oz) sugar
- 1 dash grenadine syrup
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1020kJ 246.0kcal
- Fat
- 20g
- Saturates
- 13g
- Salt
- 0.0g
- Sugars
- 15g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 15.9gProtein 1.3gFibre 0.8g
Method
- For the posset, add the orange zest to a bowl. Squeeze the juice and sieve into the bowl. Add the sugar and stir for 1 minute to dissolve.
- In a separate bowl, whip the cream. As it thickens, trickle in the orange mixture. Continue whisking until stiff then store in a piping bag or container in the fridge until ready to use. This posset is delicate in flavour and can be sweetened with more sugar or 100ml of extra orange juice.
- For the poached rhubarb, peel, trim and cut the rhubarb into batons - reserve the trimmings.
- Combine the sugar, water, orange zest, rhubarb trimmings, grenadine or cordial in a pan.
- Bring to the boil and then leave to cool. Strain the stock syrup through a fine sieve, the liquor should be very pink in colour.
- Add the rhubarb batons to the stock syrup. Bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and leave to cool in the liquor - the rhubarb should be tender but hold its shape.
- Divide the rhubarb into glasses, remove the posset from the fridge and pipe or spoon over the rhubarb and serve.
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