BAKED RICE PUDDING

Preheat your oven to 150 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 .