APRICOT RICE MERINGUE

Ingredients......2 cups of ready cooked rice, 2 eggs separated, 1 can 432gm can of apricot halves, 1/2 cup of the apricot syrup reserved from the can, 2 tbs of castor sugar, 200gm (1/2 can) of sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. Preheatv your oven to 180 deg C. Grease an ovenproof dish. Combine the cooked rice, condensed milk, apricot syrup and vanilla extract in a medium saucepan. Stir until boiling and simmer for 2 minutes. Cool, then add the lightly beaten egg yolks. Turn the mixture into the greased ovenproof dish and top with the apricot halves, cut side up. Beat the egg whites until very stiff and add the castor sugar 1 tbs at a time , beating until dissolved between adding more. Now divide and pile the meringue on to sliced apricots, pulling into peaks. Place the dish in the oven in the preheated oven. Bake for twenty minutes or until the meringue is lightly browned.