We're going to make rice cakes and to do that
I've taken out the different things
the different things that we need. This is a very big portion
so you can obviously
tone it down to a making a home-sized portion, but I'm making for eight guys.
So we have a kilo of short grain rice for, like, porridge
then we have two tins of coconut milk, a litre of
apple juice and some water. I'm going to use more water than is in this one but I'll let
you know
about that. So that's the base of the rice cake
and then these are the flavours, so we have
nice golden-yellow raisins, some soft dried
apples and then brown sugar and we're going to season it with cinnamon.
So it's like a basic apple cinnamon flavored cake. So first of all
first time I add one litre of apple juice, one litre of water
and the two tins of coconut milk. Then we add the rice
like that. And this is basically the base
so this is what we start by cooking. Usually I just kind of like get the rice
wet
in the liquid and I turn it on
covered it with the universal lid, the tin foil, bring it to the boil
and then turn it down again.
Give it a quick stir and then return it down to a simmer
I have 9 as my maximum so I'm going to turn it down to 2,
and just leave it and it takes care of itself.
Just stir it a bit, you've got to give it a bit of attention so it doesn't
sit in the bottom and start burning so once in a while you just want to check in on it.
Cover it again
and leave it. You want to reduce all the liquid in it
so it's a nice firm mass that can sit like a bar,
so that's what we're waiting for now.
This is kind of the texture you want to end up with and since I want to cook it more I want to
add some more water to it.
Just remember you can always add more water, it's harder to take
it out once it's in.
So just gradually...the rice grains will also
change, depending on where you buy them they'll
act differently so just, you know, keep an eye on it.
Alright, so we've looked at it
and I gave it half a litre of water before and it needs a little bit more
so we'll give it the other half.
This is a nice
porridge here now, this is too thick for eating as porridge but for the rice
bars you want it
firmer, so just check
to see there's no core in it. This is pretty bland right now. there's
no salt, no sugar, no nothing, so
now we make it fun. Super nice, like dried
apple boats. You can also use cooked apple.
Fresh apple will oxidise so you'll probably have to bake it first,
but use any kind of dried fruit that you like. So again
this is a pretty cool recipe without measures,
to your likings, you know? Let's start with that.
You can add more later if you think that's necessary.
Little bit of dried fruits, like that, and so
I just give it a little pinch of salt
just to bring out the flavour so that
you also want a little bit of salt to
to keep your liquids in when you're on the bike. So nice brown sugar,
again, obviously this is your energy source but this is also
flavour, so start with 2-2.5 spoons
of brown sugar and then basically
you just fold it in. And then you can add more if you like it or you can add
less
or keep it the way it is
this is again up to you, however you like it. This is pretty well
mixed now, I'm just going to
leave this there for a second.
Then we taste it.
And remember, with a thing like this you wanna make it down a little more sweet
than you like it when it's warm because when it cools down, the flavor is going to be
a little less intense. I want to give it a little bit more salt and for sure
it needs some more sugar. This is a big portion,
you can cook a big portion
and cool them and slice them
and wrap them up in cling film in your fridge and they'll keep for
four days or so. You can also freeze them, so freeze them and then
it's easy to just take it out two days
before, put in the fridge, defrost and then you have your own
nice rice bars. You want to have a tin of some kind
this is just a classic oven tray with cling film in it,
you can use smaller containers, whatever fits in your fridge
just pour it in.
As you can see I didn't quite get it mixed quite enough but you can do the rest in the tin.
I'll just get a scraper for that, and every bit counts!
So then just basically
you can do the last bit of mixture here
sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon on it and you just work it in there
like this. So even it out like this
and then you
put it in the fridge. You might want to let it cool down
outside the fridge a little bit so you don't heat up everything else in your
fridge,
I'm going to put it in the freezer now just to quickly cool it down and then move it
into the fridge
afterwards, because I have a big freezer.
and then make sure it's
even so it doesn't tilt all over.
Basically the
rice cake has cooled down a bit,
I've cut it into strips like this
and when it's completely set tomorrow
you lift out the strips and you wrap them individually,
leave those in the fridge for whenever you need them and then you just cut the
bars,
size the bars you want, wrap those in paper and you're ready to go.
You can also put them in the freezer, take them out two days early
and then you're all set for a good ride.
To not rush the rice cakes it's important that you do the whole
procedure the day before, let them cool down overnight
to make sure you have a completely firm rice cake that
won't leak out into your back pocket!
So do it the night before and then you'll have rice cakes for a whole
month if you do a big portion like this.