Yield: 6 servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
1 cup | Rice, uncooked |
1 \N | Cinnamon stick |
2¼ cup | Water |
½ cup | Sugar |
1 teaspoon | Salt |
1 tablespoon | Flour |
1 cup | Milk |
3 \N | Eggs |
Cook 1 cup rice with a cinnamon stick in 2¼ cups of water until very soft and rather dry. Mix ½ cup of sugar with 1 tablespoon of flour and 1 teaspoon of salt. Add 1 cup of milk gradually and three beaten egg yolks to the sugar mixture. Add to rice, stirring constantly, if too thick add more milk and then cook until done. Beat 3 egg whites stiff and pour hot rice mixture into them. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
From the Old Tucson "Mexican Plaza Cookbook" 1971