1905 Rice Cream

Got an honorable mention in the Sunday Times Recipes (reference)

Nicely garnished bowl of rice pudding, by Marco Verch, flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoonful of  rice

• Milk

• 1 oz (30 g) gelatin

• 1 tablespoonful of sugar

• ½ pint (300 ml) cream whipped

• vanilla flavoring

• red syrup

• pistachio nuts

Method:

1. Boil rice in milk until quite soft.

2. Dissolve gelatin in a little water and add it to the rice

3. Mix in sugar and whipped cream and a little vanilla flavoring then stir until nearly cold

4. Pour into a mold that has been whetted and leave to set

5. Put pistachio nuts into hot water for a while, then skin them and chop into small pieces

6. When rice cream is turned out, pour some red syrup around and put a few chopped pistachio nuts on top

Submitted by Mrs M. Garvey, ‘Roseneath’ Hubble-street, East Fremantle