Rice Cream Pudding with Cherry Compôte.—Boil
4oz. of rice till soft, with either some strips of lemon
peel or a piece of stick vanilla, and when it is dry re-
move the peel and pour over it some good sugar
syrup flavoured with kirsch liqueur or syrup, and let
it stand for an hour or more. At the end of this
time drain off any syrup there may be, mix with the
rice a gill of stiffly whipped cream, and then stir it
all into a pint of good vanilla custard frozen to a
batter, and pack the whole into a mould and freeze
for two hours. Turn out and serve with a garnish
of cherries prepared thus: put some ripe and very
red, stoned cherries into a pan with their measure of