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_Ingredients_-- lb. of rice.
1 quart of milk or water.
3 tablespoonfuls of moist sugar.
_Method._--Wash the rice well.
Put it with the sugar and milk, or water, into a large saucepan.
Boil gently for about one hour.
Then press into cups, and turn on to a dish.
These may be served with jam, treacle, b.u.t.ter and sugar, or with a sweet sauce.
Little Batter Puddings.
_Ingredients_-- lb. of flour.
pint of milk.
1 egg.
Some jam.
_Method._--Put the flour into a bowl, and make a well in the middle.
Put in the egg, mix smoothly with a wooden spoon, adding the milk by degrees.
Grease some little patty-pans, and half fill them with the batter.
Bake in a quick oven.
When done, dish on a folded napkin, and put a little jam on each.
Ellen's Pudding.
_Ingredients_--A little pastry.
1 oz. of b.u.t.ter.
2 oz. of sugar.
pint of milk.
The grated rind of a lemon.
1 egg well beaten.
2 oz. of cake-crumbs.
_Method._--Beat the b.u.t.ter to a cream in a basin.
Mix in the sugar thoroughly.
Add the milk gradually.
Then add the egg and cake-crumbs, and pour the mixture into a pie-dish lined with a little pastry.
It is an improvement to put some jam at the bottom of the dish.
Bake for about half an hour.
Bread-and-Fruit Pudding.
_Ingredients_--Slices of stale bread.
1 pint of raspberries.
pint of currants.
lb. of sugar.
_Method._--Line a cake-tin, or pie-dish, with stale bread, cut to fit it nicely.
Stew the fruit with the sugar until nicely cooked.
Pour into the mould, and cover with slices of bread.
Cover it with a plate, with a weight on it, and let it stand until the next day.
Turn it out and serve plain, or with custard, whipped cream, or milk thickened with cornflour (_see_ Cheap Custard).
Ground-Rice Pudding.
_Ingredients_--2 tablespoonfuls of ground rice.
1 pint of milk.
2 oz. of sugar.
1 or 2 eggs (these may be omitted if liked).
A little grated lemon rind, or flavouring essence.
_Method._--Boil the milk with the sugar.
Mix the rice smoothly with a little cold milk.
Pour it into the boiling milk, and stir until it thickens.
Add the eggs, well beaten, and the flavouring.
Pour into a pie-dish, and bake for about thirty minutes.
Cold Tapioca Pudding.
_Ingredients_--5 tablespoonfuls of tapioca.
1 quart of milk.
4 tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Lemon, or some other flavouring.
