Baked Rice with Cheese

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of rice
• three gills of milk
• two ounces of cheese
• pepper
• salt
• little pieces of dripping

Method

1. 1

   Wash the rice in two or three waters, then boil it in plenty of cold water.

2. 2

   Drain and replace with milk, simmer for about twenty minutes until tender.

3. 3

   Grate the cheese.

4. 4

   Grease a dish, layer half the rice, sprinkle half the cheese, add the rest of the rice and cheese, and top with dripping.

5. 5

   Bake in a hot oven until browned and serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A year's cookery (1880) by Phillis Browne, page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quarter of a pound of rice in two or three waters, put it in a saucepan with plenty of cold water, and let the water boil. Pour it away, and in its place put three gills of milk, and simmer for about twenty minutes, or till the rice is tender without being in a pulp, then season it with pepper and salt. Whilst the rice is simmering grate the cheese ; two ounces will be required for this quantity of rice. Grease a shallow dish, spread half the rice upon it, and sprinkle over this half the grated, cheese, add the remainder of the rice and the rest of the cheese, and place little pieces of dripping

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