BAKED RICE CUSTARD.

This is dish is another golden oldie from years ago, but always well received and is a very comforting dessert. Ingredients.......75 gm of cooked white rice, 30 gm of sultanas, 3 eggs, 500 ml of milk, 125 ml of cream, 60 gm of castor sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, ground nutmeg. Preheat your oven to 160 deg C. Grease a 1 litre casserole dish. Place the casserole dish in a large baking dish half filled with water. Place the cooked rice and sultanas in the casserole dish. In a large jug, whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour the egg mixture over the rice and sultanas. Place the casserole dish in the waterbath in the oiven. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Stir the mixture gently with a fork and cook for a further 30 minutes, then stir again with a fork. Sprinkle the surface with nutmeg. Bake for a further 20 minutes or until the custard is just set. Serve warm or cold.