Rice Pudding (Mexican Style)

Recipe Cuisine: Desserts
Recipe Category: Desserts
Recipe Serves: 6

Recipes Ingredients:

1 c Rice, uncooked
1 ts Salt
1 Cinnamon stick
1 tb Flour
2 1/4 c Water
1 c Milk
1/2 c Sugar
3 Eggs

Recipe Instructions:

Cook 1 cup Rice with a cinnamon stick in 2 1/4 cups of water until very soft and rather dry. Mix 1/2 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