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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Rice Pears. — Take a quarter of a pound of rice, and boil it in milk tiU quite thick, then stir in a piece of butter and a few grains of salt. Remove the rice from the fire, and put it, into a dish to cool ; add a spoonful of almonds- chopped fine, with a few bitter almonds, amongst them, the grated peel of a lemon,, sugar to taste, three or four eggs beat up, and one ounce of grated bread-crumbsRice Pears. Form this mass into the shape of pears, dip them in egg beaten up, strew thickly with bread-crumbs, and bake. Rice, Pears "with {see Pears with Rice). Rice Pie. — Put three large table-spoonfuls, of ground rice into a basin, and beat it to a paste with a pint of cold milk. Add two table- spoonfuls of sugar, four well-beaten eggs, and any flavouring that may be preferred. Pour a pint of boiling milk over the mixture, stir it well over the tire imtil the eggs are set, then let it cool. Add a glass of madeiraRice Pie if liked. Line a pie-dish with good pastry, pour in the mixture, and bake in a well-heated oven. Time to bake, about three-quarters of an hour. Probable cost. Is., exclusive of the wine. Suf- ficient for five or six persons. Rice Pie (another way). — Chief ingre- dients : a pint of rice and a fat tender fowl. First boil the fowl in enough water to cook the rice according to the rule given in the re- cipe, Rice, Boiled, a la Carolina {ivhich see). When the fowl is done take out the large bones, and cut it into small pieces. Spread a layer of the cooked rice on the bottom of a deep pan, and on it place a layer of the fowl, with butter and eggs mixed, and with black pepper and spices to suit. Alternate these layers until the pan is full, having a layer of rice at the top, on which pour a mixture of butter and egg, and set the whole to " browning " in an oven or on the fire; then serve in the vessel in which it was last cooked. This dish somewliat re- sembles in richness the celebrated jDilau of the Turks. The recipe is from the same source as that for Rice, Boiled, a la Carolina. Bice, Polish "Way of Dressing.— . Mince an onion finely, and fry it in butter EIC (750) EIC until it begins to turn yellow. Mix with it two ounces of dressed ham finely shi-ed, and a quarter of a pound of rice boiled as for curry. Stir it lightly over the fire, and season with cayenne and a spoonful of grated Parmesan or Cheddar cheese. Serve hot, piled high on a dish. Time, fifteen to twenty minutes after the rice is boiled. Probable cost, 7d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Bice, Pork Black Puddings made with {see Pork Black Puddings, &c.). Rice, Portuguese, Sweet.— Wash and Rice, Portuguese, Sweet