BAKED RICE PUDDING

Preheat your oven to 160 deg C. Grease a 2 litre ovenproof dish and sprinkle with 55gm of castor sugar. Scatter 115 gm of medium grain rice into the dish. Heat 850 ml of milk until simmering. Pour the milk over the rice and add 1 tsp of vanilla extract, stir well to dissolve the sugar . Finely slice 40 gm of chilled fairy cooking margarine into thin strips and scatter over the surface of the pudding. Scatter the surface with a liberal helping of ground nutmeg or cinnamon. Place the dish on a baking tray in the centre of your oven for 90 minutes or until the surface is golden. You can stir the pudding after the first 30 minutes to disperse the rice. When the pudding is cooked serve hot with honey and cream or jam and ice cream ..the options are up to you .