HONEYED RICE

Ingredients.......1 cup of aborio rice,1 lemon, 2 and 3/4 cups of milk, 3/4 cups of runny honey, 90gm of sultanas, 60gm of granulated nuts, 30gm of butter/ marg, 2 eggs separated, good pinch of ground cinnamon, 1/2 cup of castor sugar. Preheat your oven to 160 deg C. Place the rice, lemon juice, the lemon rind cut into strips and the milk into a medium saucepan and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, then set aside. Beat the egg yolks well in a small bowl. Gently heat the honey then combine in a medium bowl, with the sultanas, nuts, cinnamon, and butter/ marg. Now remove the lemon rind strips from the rice and stir in the honey mixture and the well beaten egg yolks. Spoon into a greased pie dish / casserole. Now beat the egg whites until stiff, adding the sugar in small increments , making sure the sugar is dissolved before adding more. Spoon the whipped egg whites onto the rice and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes and peaks are golden.