Spiced Pineapple with Coconut Rice, Fruit Salsa, and Candied Lime

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

• 100g/4oz pudding rice
• 400ml/14¼fl oz can coconut milk
• 280ml/10fl oz carton double cream
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 4 limes
• 50g/2oz granulated sugar
• 1 small pineapple
• 50g/2oz dark muscovado sugar
• pinch ground ginger
• pinch ground cinnamon
• 1 mango
• 4 passion fruit

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

1. Pare the zest from 2 of the limes in thin strips, then juice all 4 limes and set the juice aside. Blanch the zest strips in a pan of boiling water for 1 minute, then drain.

2. Make a syrup by heating the granulated sugar with a splash of water in a small pan until dissolved. Add the lime zest strips and simmer gently for 20 minutes until translucent. Lift out onto a rack to cool and firm up.

3. Split the vanilla pod lengthwise, scrape out the seeds and put both seeds and pod into a saucepan with the pudding rice, coconut milk and a splash of water. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook gently for 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until creamy and tender. Stir in the caster sugar and remove the vanilla pod.

4. Whip the double cream in a bowl until soft peaks form, then cover and chill until serving.

5. Peel the pineapple, cut away the core and slice into rounds about 1 cm thick. Mix the dark muscovado sugar, ground ginger and ground cinnamon together and press it onto both sides of the pineapple slices.

6. Heat a dry frying pan or grill pan over medium-high heat and cook the pineapple slices for 3 to 4 minutes per side until caramelized and hot through.

7. Peel and dice the mango. Halve the passion fruit and scoop out the pulp into a bowl with the diced mango and 2 tablespoons of the reserved lime juice to make the fruit salsa. Serve the coconut rice topped with pineapple, fruit salsa, a spoonful of cream and the candied lime strips.