Chinese Walnut Dessert

Ingredients:

110g walnuts
4 tbsp rice flour
140g fresh cane sugar (you can try substituting for stevia drops / powder)
4 cups water

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180° C
2. Rinse walnuts and pat dry with kitchen towel
3. Place walnuts onto tray and bake in oven for 13 – 15 minutes
4. Remove from oven and allow to cool
5. Blend toasted walnuts with 3/4 cup of water until smooth
6. Mix rice flour with 1/2 cup of water to form a smooth paste
7. Bring the balance of the water (2 3/4 cups) to boil and add sugar
8. Stir until sugar is dissolved
9. Add in blended walnut mixture gradually
10. When boiling, slowly stir in rice flour mixture
11. Stir constantly to prevent mixture sticking to the base of the saucepan
12. Remove from heat after mixture bubbles
13. Serve hot or cold and decorate with any extra walnuts.

Serves 4

By Vivian Ng
Author of “Favorite Chinese Recipes”