serves
8-10
prep
20 minutes
cook
1:15 hour
difficulty
Easy
serves
8-10
people
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
1:15
hour
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 200 g (7 oz) arborio rice (unwashed)
- 475 g (1 lb 1 oz) soy milk
- 1 bay leaf
- 40 g (1½ oz) egg replacer
- 400 g (14 oz) water
- 250 g (9 oz) caster (superfine) sugar
- 90 g (3 oz/¾ cup) vegan custard powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 100 g (3½ oz) rum
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 400 g (14 oz) silken tofu, blended until smooth
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F). Grease and line a 22 cm (8¾ in) springform cake tin with baking paper.
- Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil and cook the rice for about 10 minutes, as you would pasta. Drain, then set aside. It should still be al dente.
- Pour the soy milk into a small saucepan and add the bay leaf. Bring to the boil over a high heat, then remove from the heat and allow the bay leaf to infuse into the soy milk.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg replacer and water until fluffy, then add the sugar, custard powder, cinnamon, rum, zest, vanilla and a pinch of salt, and whisk again until well combined.
- Remove the bay leaf from the soy milk. Add the warmed milk, blended tofu and the rice to the sugar mixture and stir by hand to combine. Pour into the tin and bake for 1 hour to 1¼ hours, or until golden brown with a few dark caramelised spots on top. It’s ready when a skewer inserted in the middle comes out fairly clean.
- Allow to cool completely before cutting. This can be served at room temperature or cold.
Recipe from by Shannon Martinez, photography by Kristoffer Paulsen. (Hardie Grant Books, $45).
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.