Rice-milk for Six Persons

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852

Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Yield: 6.0 persons
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

one pound of Patna rice ↝ Wild rice, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
two ounces of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
two quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a small bit of cinnamon or lemon-peel ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
three pints of skim milk
a little honey or sugar ↝ Honey [Sweets]

Instructions (5)

Put one pound of Patna rice into a boiling pot with two ounces of butter, two quarts of water, a small bit of cinnamon or lemon-peel, and a little salt.
Put the lid on, and set the rice to boil very gently indeed close to the hob, until the rice is done quite soft.
This will take about one hour and a quarter.
Then add three pints of skim milk.
After having stirred the rice-milk over the fire for ten minutes longer, it may be sweetened with a little honey or sugar, and will produce an excellent breakfast for at least six persons.

Original Text

No. 115. Rice-milk for Six Persons.

Put one pound of Patna rice into a boiling pot with two ounces of butter, two quarts of water, a small bit of cinnamon or lemon-peel, and a little salt; put the lid on, and set the rice to boil very gently indeed close to the hob, until the rice is done quite soft; this will take about one hour and a quarter; then add three pints of skim milk, and after having stirred the rice-milk over the fire for ten minutes longer, it may be sweetened with a little honey or sugar, and will produce an excellent breakfast for at least six persons.

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