Strawberries and Cream Biko
This Strawberries and Cream Biko is made with3 different types of strawberries. 1. Freeze Dried Strawberries. 2. Strawberry Jam and 3. Fresh Strawberries. You got berries, berries berries all incased in a creamy, soft Biko.
Servings: 6 Servings
Equipment
- Rice Cooker
- Large Non Stick Pan
- 6 inch silicon cake pan or 8x8 serving dish
Ingredients
- 1.2 oz Freeze Dried Strawberries
- 475 ml Half and Half You can replace the freeze dried strawberries and half and half with ready made strawberry milk. Use 2 cups.
- 1 Cup Glutinous Sweet Rice Grains
- ¾ Cup Strawberry Jam Divided (½ cup and ¼ cup)
- 6-8 Fresh Strawberries
- ½ Cup Fresh Cream
Instructions
- First we are going to turn the freeze dried strawberries into powder. Empty the whole package into a blender. Pulse until you get a fine powder. Some big bits are okay. Then pour in all the half and half. Blend until you have creamy strawberry milk.
- Now let's cook the rice. Place the rice grains in your rice cooker and pour in the strawberry milk up to the 1 cup line. Mix well and then cook using the sweet rice feature.
- Pour the remaining strawberry cream into a non stick pan and add ½ cup of strawberry jam. Mix well. Right when the rice is cooked put it in to the pan with the strawberry cream mixture. Mix well again.
- Then put it on the stove using your smallest burner on the highest heat. I find that this works best when making Biko. Remember don't forget to keep stirring so that none of the rice sticks to the bottom of the pan. Stir and cook for 15 minutes until the Strawberries and Cream Biko starts to really stick together. Please refer to the step by step photos above to see what it looks like.
- You can transfer it to a small 6 inch silicon cake mold or just spread it out on a 8x8 cake pan. Leave to cool fully.
- If you did place it in a silicone mold invert it on top of your serving platter. Then press it down so the Strawberries and Cream Biko un-molds on to your serving platter. I used a normal cake stand.
- Then spread the remaining ¼ cup of strawberry jam all over the top.
- Serve with fresh strawberries and cream on the side.
You can skip making your own milk by using 2 cups of ready made strawberry milk.
My rice cooker is very old, so I actually had to cook the rice twice as it didn't absorb the strawberry mixture as well. If that happens to you too, don't worry! Just mix it up and then add water up to the 1 cup line and cook again by pressing the sweet rice setting.