Celebrity chef Phil Vickery cooks up a pudding storm

Everybody loves a good pud! From homemade apple pie to granny’s spotted dick or mum’s treacle tart, everyone’s a winner. But how often do you make home-made puds and do you really know where to start? Well don’t panic! Celebrity chef Phil Vickery is here to save the day. Over the coming months he is welcoming you in to his kitchen to take you through the simple steps to create 6 classic puddings.

Previously he has made classics such as toffee apple tart and millionaires shortbread. This month Phil is creating a delicious Rose and Raspberry Meringue Mess.

Ingredients
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Standing time: 1 hour
Serves 4

2 roses, perfumed if possible
1 tbsp rosewater
Juice of 2 lemons
3tbsp icing sugar
170g (6oz) Carnation Condensed Milk
Few drops vanilla extract
284ml carton whipping cream, softly whipped
225g (8oz) fresh or frozen raspberries, defrosted
4 small meringues, crushed but not too small

Method
Pick the rose petals from the stalks. Roughly chop the petals and place in a small bowl with the rosewater, lemon juice and icing sugar and leave for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Using a hand blender whizz the mixture to a loose puree, leaving small pieces of rose petal visible.

In a large bowl, fold together the condensed milk, vanilla extract and whipping cream.

Reserve a few raspberries for the top; slightly crush the rest of them into the rose petal mixtrure, then gently ripple through the vanilla cream.

Layer the meringue and the raspberry cream into 4 serving dishes, ending with the reserved raspberries for the top.

Tip
This recipe works well with a mixture of berries. Try blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. Or for a tropical version try passion fruit, mango and papaya.

With one in five Brits having never attempted a home-made pudding, according to new research by Carnation, it must be time to join Phil in his kitchen and get cooking.

Still looking for inspiration? Why not logon to Carnation.co.uk where you can look through a variety of Phil’s tasty recipes and download the pudcasts.