Rice Pears

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of rice
• in milk till quite thick
• a piece of butter
• a few grains of salt
• a spoonful of almonds-chopped fine
• the grated peel of a lemon
• sugar to taste
• three or four eggs beat up
• one ounce of grated bread-crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Boil rice in milk until thick, stir in butter and salt.

2. 2

   Cool, then add chopped almonds, lemon peel, sugar, beaten eggs, and bread-crumbs.

3. 3

   Shape into pears, dip in beaten egg, coat with bread-crumbs, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1558. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rice Pears. — Take a quarter of a pound of rice, and boil it in milk tiU quite thick, then stir in a piece of butter and a few grains of salt. Remove the rice from the fire, and put it, into a dish to cool ; add a spoonful of almonds- chopped fine, with a few bitter almonds, amongst them, the grated peel of a lemon,, sugar to taste, three or four eggs beat up, and one ounce of grated bread-crumbs

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