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1 liter almond milk
200g caster sugar
1 organic lemon
pinch of cinnamon
120g corn starch
2 tablespoons orange blossom water
optional: passion fruits
recipe: Guilia Scarpaleggia
A delicious, little almond pudding with a subtle lemon flavour and orange blossom fragrance. They are simple to make and they look beautiful on the dinner table, not only on Christmas!
How to make Biancomangiare
Have 6 ramekins filled with cold water ready.
Warm 750ml almond milk on a low heat.
Grate the lemon skin thinly, avoid grating the white skin.
Add the lemon zest and the cinnamon to the milk.
Weigh the cornstarch then add it to the 250ml milk.
Dissolve the cornstarch stirring it into the milk.
Add the cornstarch mix through a sieve to the pan.
Allow the pudding to thicken while stirring continuously.
Remove the pudding from the heat then stir in the orange blossom water
Pour the water from the ramekins.
*Fill the ramekins with pudding, sprinkle icing sugar on top.
When cooled place the ramekins 2-3 hours in the fridge.
When set tap the pudding from the mold.
* A thin layer of icing sugar on top of the pudding prevents it forming a skin
In Italy biancomangiare is tradionally served with a dusting of cinnamon. But in a modern way, with sweet fragrant passion fruit, it tastes wonderful too.