Foodiva's Kitchen: Red Durian Quick Rolls

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Red Durian Quick Rolls

 Red durian

Red Durian Quick Roll

As you can probably figure out by now, my favourite colour is red. That includes my food too, because it seems that I'm strangely drawn to the red (naturally red, of course) coloured foods. Examples are strawberries, raspberries, red capsicum, red dragon fruit and now since it's in season in Brunei, red durians!

Durians are really an acquired taste for people who are not brought up eating this sweet, pungent-smelling fruit. But then hey, I eat smellies like blue cheese without any problem and I wasn't exactly brought up on that! I guess the key here is to keep an open mind and don't just believe everything you hear or read until you try it (food-wise, I'm talking about here).

Sharp spikes of the durian skin

The sumptuous red durian

Which brings us back to the subject of the spiky durians, which I love. All types - white, orange, red ones - there are so many varieties. The red durians are prevalent in Borneo and they have a very rich, sweet taste that I can't adequately describe here. If only my tongue could write, I would let it have a go at telling you how this fruit tastes like. Lol!

We had several in the house and ah yes, the strong aroma penetrated throughout the whole house. I decided that perhaps the durian flesh would be good as a filling in some rolls so here it is, I came up with my Red Durian Quick Rolls recipe. If you can get your hands on some durian flesh (any colour), do give this a go....and if you love durian, it's just dreamy. To my friend KJR, this post is dedicated to you, a soon-to-be durian convert. *grins* 
  

Red durian flesh, dark chocolate shavings and a sprinkling of brown sugar as the fillings.

Rolls before they entered the oven

Glazed durian rolls. Yuhhmeee!!!

Red Durian Quick Rolls
Ingredients for quick bread:
2 cups plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk

Filling:
1 cup durian flesh
100g chocolate shavings
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Sliced almonds, for sprinkling

Glaze:
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
2 tablespoons milk

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200°C, and line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
2. In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and rub in butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add milk and knead briefly until it becomes a rollable dough. Add a bit more milk if it's too dry.
3. Roll dough out into a rectangle shape, and spread durian flesh on top. Sprinkle chocolate filling and brown sugar evenly over the durian layer.
4. Working with the long edge, roll the dough into a log and cut into slices about 1-inch wide. Place these onto the lined  baking tray, sprinkle some sliced almonds over the top and bake for 20-25 minutes.
5. Prepare glaze by mixing together icing sugar, cooled melted butter, then add milk gradually to thin out the glaze. Let the cooked durian rolls cool for 5 minutes before spooning glaze over them.

Go on, keep an open mind and try making these. They are scrumptious with some hot tea or coffee!

5 comments:

Carolyn said...

These look so great. I've never had durian fruit, and have no clue where I could get it in Boston! ;)

Unknown said...

Hiya Carolyn, now if you're REALLY curious about the fruit, I read somewhere that you can get durian at Kam Man Food, an Asian grocery store in Quincy, MA. Address: 221 Quincy Ave, Tel: (617)3281533. Either that try the other Boston-Grown Chinese Supermarket, Super 88.

Good luck and do let me know the verdict once you've tried it!

Unknown said...

I have eaten durian fruid all my life but never have experience with red durian, It is very interesting ,could you pls let me know what is the country you are from with all the exotic fruids,for sure i will visit in the future .Thuy nguyen

Unknown said...

Hi Thuy Nguyen, thanks for your comment. These red durians are mostly found on the island of Borneo, and I live in Brunei.

Norm said...

OK, I've just searched this out after your comment on my Durian blog-post..! Wow, those RED durian look amazing, and I would give one a try, even after the mental scarring experienced after our last durian tasting!! I will keep an eye out for them - I guess I've missed the season this year?

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