How to make a Rice Pudding

Rice Pudding

Ingredients:

• 65g (2½oz) round pudding rice
• 1.2 litres (2 pints) creamy and full-fat milk
• 25g (1oz) unsalted butter cut into small pieces
• 50g (2oz) caster sugar
• pinch of ground nutmeg
• strawberry, raspberry or blackcurrant jam for dolloping

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 140C (275F), Gas Mark 1.
2. Put the rice into a shallow pie dish, pour over half the milk and stir in the butter and sugar. Bake for 1 hour.
3. Stir in the remaining milk and continue to cook for another hour. Stir again. Sprinkle with nutmeg and cook for a further hour.
4. Serve or dollop the surface with jam of choice.