Recipe: Rice Pudding (Mexican Style)

RICE PUDDING (MEXICAN STYLE)

1 cup uncooked rice
1 cinnamon stick
2 1/4 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup milk
3 eggs, separated
ground cinnamon (for garnish)

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

Mix sugar with flour and salt. Add 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 ground cinnamon.

Servings: 6
Source: Old Tucson Mexican Plaza Cookbook by Alfonso C. Pain, 1971