CREAMY RICE MERINGUE

Ingredients......2 and 1/2 cups of ready cooked rice, 3 egg yolks well beaten, 1 can of sweetened condensed milk,1 tbs of butter/ marg, 1 dsp of lemon juice, 11 tbs of grated lemon rind, 1 dsp of vanilla extract. Ingredients for the meringue.....3 egg whites, 45gm of castor sugar. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Place the unopened can of condensed milk into a medium saucepan of water and boil for 30 minutes. This caramalises the sugar in the milk and makes a butterscotch sauce. After 30 minutes carefully open the can and empty the butterscotch sauce into a medium bowl. Now add the cooked rice, butter/ marg,lemon juice, lemon rind, vanilla extract and the beaten egg yolks. Mix thoroughly together and pour into a greased ovenproof dish. Prepare the meringue, beat the egg whites until stiff, then graduallyadd the sugaruntil the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is stiff. Spoon the meringue over the top of the creamy riceand place in the preheated oven until lightly browned. Serve warmed.