Boiled Rice Pudding. No. 1

Original Recipe

One cupful of cold boiled rice, one cupful of sugar, four eggs, a pinch of soda and a pinch of salt. Put it all in a bowl and beat it up until it is very light and white. Beat four ounces of butter to a cream, put it into the pudding and ten drops of essence of lemon. Beat altogether for five minutes. Butter a mold, pour the pudding into it and boil for two hours. Serve with sweet fruit sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of cold boiled rice
  • 1 cupful of sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 pinch of soda and a pinch of salt
  • 1 bowl and beat it up until it is very light and white
  • 4 ounces of butter to a cream
  • 10 drops of essence of lemon
  • 5 minutes
  • 1 mold
  • 2 hours

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cupful of cold boiled rice, one cupful of sugar, four eggs, a pinch of soda and a pinch of salt.

  2. 2

    Put it all in a bowl and beat it up until it is very light and white.

  3. 3

    Beat four ounces of butter to a cream, put it into the pudding and ten drops of essence of lemon.

  4. 4

    Beat altogether for five minutes.

  5. 5

    Butter a mold, pour the pudding into it and boil for two hours.

  6. 6

    Serve with sweet fruit sauce.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)