Name: Roasted rhubarb with sweet labneh
Ingredients: 800g natural yoghurt; 80g icing sugar; Salt; 400g rhubarb; 100ml muscat (or other dessert wine); 70g caster sugar; ½ vanilla pod, scraped or ½ tsp vanilla paste; Skin of 1 lemon half-shaved into strips and the rest grated; 20g pistachios, coarsely chopped

Brunch Spring

4 people

Perfect for a late brunch. It's best to drain the yoghurt overnight, to give it time to reach the desired rich and creamy texture (four to six hours will just about do, though the labneh may not be as thick). Either way, give the yoghurt bundle a squeeze a couple of times while it's draining. If you want to avoid draining altogether, use a thick Greek or Arab yoghurt as it is - the finished dish won't be as rich and dessert-like, but it will still be wonderfully fresh.

Ingredients

800g	natural yoghurt
80g	icing sugar
	Salt
400g	rhubarb
100ml	muscat (or other dessert wine)
70g	caster sugar
½	vanilla pod, scraped or ½ tsp vanilla paste
Skin of 1 lemon	half-shaved into strips and the rest grated
20g	pistachios, coarsely chopped

Method

Put the yoghurt in a bowl with the icing sugar and a
quarter-teaspoon of salt. Mix well and transfer to the middle of a clean
muslin or linen cloth. Tie into a bundle with an elastic band or
string, and hang over a bowl in the fridge for up to 18 hours.
Heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Cut the rhubarb into 6cm
batons and mix with the wine, sugar, vanilla pod and seeds, and lemon
strips. Put in an ovenproof dish that's just large enough snugly to
accommodate the rhubarb and roast, uncovered, for 20 minutes, until
tender but not mushy. Set aside.
Just before serving, give the yoghurt a good squeeze to release the
last of the water. Remove from the cloth and place in a bowl. Stir in
the grated zest and spoon on to plates. Top with the rhubarb and some of
its cooking juices and sprinkle over the nuts.