Almond Rice

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (10)
  1. Blanch the almonds.
  2. Pound the almonds in a marble or wooden mortar.
  3. Mix the pounded almonds with a little boiling water.
  4. Steep them as long as there is any milk in the almonds, adding fresh water every time.
  5. To every quart of almond juice, add a quarter of a pound of rice and about two or three spoonfuls of orange-flower water.
  6. Mix them altogether.
  7. Let them simmer over a very slow charcoal fire, keep stirring them often.
  8. When done, sweeten to your palate.
  9. Put them into plates.
  10. Throw beaten cinnamon over it.
Original Text
Almond Rice. TAKE your almonds, blanch them, pound them in a marble or wooden mortar, and mix them in little boiling water, steep them as long as there is any milk in the almonds; adding fresh water every time; to every quart of almond juice, a quarter of a pound of rice, and about two or three spoonfuls of orange- flower water; mix them altogether, and let them simmer over a very slow charcoal fire, keep stirring them often; when done sweeten to your palate; put them into plates, and throw beaten cinnamon over it.
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