Brian Levy’s recipes for cornbread ‘pizza’ and rice pudding squares

Pizza, but not as you know it, featuring mushrooms, potatoes, cheese and greens on a crunchy cornbread base, plus a rice pudding treat baked into pastry squares for aftersWhy should pizza and focaccia get to have all the fun? Cornbread, with its subtle sweetness, golden hue and earthy flavour, is a welcoming canvas for the kinds of toppings that more commonly adorn Italian flatbreads. Similarly, today’s satisfying dessert features the familiar flavours of rice pudding but delivers them in a gloriously snackable, transportable and plate-able form. Thanks to a reformulation influenced by flan patissier (Parisian custard tart), the pudding, which bakes atop a simple pastry crust, ends up firm enough to slice while remaining silky and custardy. Continue reading...

Mar 19, 2025 - 09:50
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Brian Levy’s recipes for cornbread ‘pizza’ and rice pudding squares

Pizza, but not as you know it, featuring mushrooms, potatoes, cheese and greens on a crunchy cornbread base, plus a rice pudding treat baked into pastry squares for afters

Why should pizza and focaccia get to have all the fun? Cornbread, with its subtle sweetness, golden hue and earthy flavour, is a welcoming canvas for the kinds of toppings that more commonly adorn Italian flatbreads. Similarly, today’s satisfying dessert features the familiar flavours of rice pudding but delivers them in a gloriously snackable, transportable and plate-able form. Thanks to a reformulation influenced by flan patissier (Parisian custard tart), the pudding, which bakes atop a simple pastry crust, ends up firm enough to slice while remaining silky and custardy. Continue reading...