Baked Rice Custard

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons dessert rice (can use short grain rice, but mum always used dessert rice) or 2 tablespoons short-grain rice (can use short grain rice, but mum always used dessert rice)
• 2 cups water
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup sultana

Recipe

• 1 bring water and salt to the boil.
• 2 gradually add rice.
• 3 boil rapidly uncovered 10 minutes.
• 4 drain well.
• 5 beat eggs, sugar and vanilla together, add rice and sultanas.
• 6 add milk gradually, stir to combine.
• 7 pour into ovenproof dish.
• 8 stand in baking dish with enough water to come up sides of the dish.
• 9 bake in moderate oven 35 minutes.
• 10 slip a long fork under the skin that has formed on top, stir gently to distribute rice evenly.
• 11 reduce heat to mederalty slow. bake a further 15 minutes then stir with a fork again.
• 12 cook further 15 to 20 minutes, or until set.