Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries 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 McWilliam's 10 Year Old Family Reserve 375ml Tawny 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 Lillypilly 375ml Sweet Harvest 2017 $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 Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Rutherglen Classic Tawny NV $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 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 Food Dan Pepperell - Becoming A Mentor Words by Libby Travers on 13 Mar 2020 Food Matthew Evans' golden syrup dumplings Food Impress: Poh Ling Yeow Words by Mark Hughes on 14 Jun 2017