Rice Pudding With Raisins And Orange Peel

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons Carolina rice
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup milk
• sugar to taste
• a few raisins
• chopped orange peel
• crystallized cherries or preserved fruit
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup milk (for sauce)
• sugar (for sauce)
• vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• water (for cornstarch slurry)

Method

1. 1 Soak rice in a little water with butter until absorbed.
2. 2 Add 1 cup milk, sugar, raisins, orange peel, and cherries; cook until creamy.
3. 3 Stir in 1 egg yolk, pour into a mold, and cool.
4. 4 Boil 1 cup milk with sugar and vanilla.
5. 5 Mix cornstarch with water, stir into boiling milk, and cook briefly.
6. 6 Remove from heat, stir in 1 egg yolk, and pour sauce over the rice.