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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
four ounces of rice, and drain it. Put it into a saucepan with a pint of milk, and let it simmer gently for half an hour. Add two ounces of fresh butter, and simmer again until it is quite soft. Pour it out, sweeten and flavour with any agreeable flavouring, and beat it up with two well-whisked eggsRice Pudding with Jam. Turn it into a plain mould well buttered, and bake in a gentle oven. Turn it out before serving, and garnish with any bright-coloured jam spread round or upon it. Time to bake, half an hour. Pro- bable cost, 9d. Sufficient for four persons. Rice Puddings, Savoviry , — No. i . Boil half a pound of rice in a quart of milk till it is tender without being broken. Pour it into a bowl, and mix with it a pinch of salt, a tea-spoonful of white pepper, a tea-spoonful of dry mustard, three table-spoonfuls of grated cheese,. and three eggsSavory Rice Pudding No. 1. Beat the pudding well, turn it into a buttered dish, and bake in a well-heated oven. Probable cost, Is. 3d. Suf- ficient for five or six persons. Time to bake, about one hour. No. 2. Boil half a pound of rice in a quart of milk till it is tender and has absorbed the liquor. Turn it into a bowl, and when cool mix with it a tea-spoonful of salt, a tea-spoonful of white pepper, a dessert- spoonful of shred parsley, and two moderate- sized onions which have been boiled till tender and pounded with a slice of fresh butter. Jlix these ingredients thoroughly, and add three well- beaten eggs. Turn the pudding into a buttered dish, and bake in a well-heated oven. Time to bake, three-quarters of an hour to one hour. Probable cost, Is. Sufficient for five or six persons. Rice Pufifs. — Take a pint of rice-flour, and add enough boiling water or milk to make a batter. When cold, add four eggs well beaten, together with a tea-spoonful of salt. Drop this preparation in large spoonfuls into hot fat. Rice, Pyramids of. — Boil as much rice as is required in milk until it is very soft. Beat it well to a smooth paste, and press it into small moulds of a pyramid shape, or, failing these, mould it with a spoon into small pjTamids about three inches high. Take a little rice out of the centre of these, and till the empty space with a savoury mince of any kind. Serve the pyramids on a dish, and pour rich brown gravy round them. Garnish the dish with sippets. Rice Sauce : A Substitute for Bread Sauce. — Wash two ounces of rice, di-ain it, and simmer until tender in half a pint of milk I with a moderate-sized onion, half a dozen: peppercorns, and a pinct of salt. Take out the onion and peppercorns, and rub the rice through a sieve ; boil it up again -with a little more milk if it is too thick, and dissolve a small piece of butter in it. A piece of mace or half a dozen allspice may be stewed in the sauce if liked. Time, one hour. Probable cost, 4d. Sufficient for five or six persons.