Miniature Rice Puddings

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 40 min Total: 40 min
Yield
6.0 puddings
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (9)
  1. Let the rice swell in 1 pint of the milk over a slow fire, putting with it a strip of lemon-peel.
  2. Stir in the butter and the other 1/2 pint of milk, and let the mixture cool.
  3. Add the well-beaten eggs, and a few drops of essence of almonds or essence of vanilla, whichever may be preferred.
  4. Butter well some small cups or moulds.
  5. Line them with a few pieces of candied peel sliced very thin.
  6. Fill them three parts full.
  7. Bake for about 40 minutes.
  8. Turn them out of the cups on to a white d'oyley, and serve with sweet sauce.
  9. The flavouring and candied peel might be omitted, and stewed fruit or preserve served instead, with these puddings.
Original Text
MINIATURE RICE PUDDINGS. 1355. INGREDIENTS.—1/4 lb. of rice, 1-1/2 pint of milk, 2 oz. of fresh butter, 4 eggs, sugar to taste; flavouring of lemon-peel, bitter almonds, or vanilla; a few strips of candied peel. Mode.—Let the rice swell in 1 pint of the milk over a slow fire, putting with it a strip of lemon-peel; stir to it the butter and the other 1/2 pint of milk, and let the mixture cool. Then add the well-beaten eggs, and a few drops of essence of almonds or essence of vanilla, whichever may be preferred; butter well some small cups or moulds, line them with a few pieces of candied peel sliced very thin, fill them three parts full, and bake for about 40 minutes; turn them out of the cups on to a white d'oyley, and serve with sweet sauce. The flavouring and candied peel might be omitted, and stewed fruit or preserve served instead, with these puddings. Time.—40 minutes. Average cost, 1s. Sufficient for 6 puddings. Seasonable at any time.
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