Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Colin Fassnidge’s Poached rhubarb granita with cream cheese recipe Food Colin Fassnidge’s Poached rhubarb granita with cream cheese recipe Preparation time 10 Minutes Cooking time 15 Minutes (plus 6 hours to freeze granita) Serves 4 INGREDIENTS Poached rhubarb 2 bunches rhubarb, stalks trimmed into strips 750ml ginger beer 1 knob fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 4 star anise 1 cinnamon stick 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped 200g caster sugar Squeeze of lemon Cream cheese 300ml thickened cream 500ml cream cheese 40g sugar 1 vanilla pod, scraped METHOD To make cream cheese, in a small bowl beat cream until stiff peaks form, set aside. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in whipped cream. Keep cool. To make granita; peel rhubarb, keep aside stalks, put the rest of the trimmings into a saucepan with 2 cups of water. Bring to the boil until water changes to a nice red colour. Discard the trimmings and poach rhubarb stalks by adding the rest of the ingredients to the stock (except for lemon juice). Bring to a simmer and cook for 4 minutes, or until rhubarb is just tender. Take out the rhubarb and set aside. Discard ginger, star anise, cinnamon stick and vanilla. Use the remaining stock for the granita, taste and add a squeeze of lemon if needed to sharpen. Drain into a container. Freeze stock for up to 6 hours. When solid, take out of freezer, leave for 10 minutes then scrape with a fork to form a granita. To serve, arrange rhubarb and piped cream cheese on a plate and top liberally with granita. Food Preparation time 10 Minutes Cooking time 15 Minutes (plus 6 hours to freeze granita) Serves 4 SHARE Perfect Match Lillypilly 375ml Sweet Harvest 2015 $16.60 in any 12 $17.55 in any 6 $19.50 each Price | options $16.60 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart First Creek Botanica Moscato NV $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Angove Chalk Hill Blue Moscato 2019 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Angove Sugar & Spice Moscato 2019 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Mad Fish Moscato 2018 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Signor Vino Moscato NV $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Box Grove Vineyard 500ml Late Harvest Viognier 2015 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Fowles Wine Small Batch Moscato 2018 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart All Saints Estate Moscato 2019 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart St Leonards Moscato 2019 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Bleasdale Sparkling Shiraz NV $19.55 in any 12 $20.70 in any 6 $23.00 each Price | options $19.55 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Allegiance Wines Sweet Betty 375ml Botrytis Semillon 2018 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tulloch 375ml Creme de Vin NV $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Life My City - Sydney with Neil Perry Words by Neil Perry on 6 Dec 2017 Food Dan Pepperell - Becoming A Mentor Words by Libby Travers on 13 Mar 2020 Food Dan Pepperell's Cannoli Words by Dan Pepperell on 4 Mar 2020