The Skilful Cook Part 60

_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.