Rice Cake
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 1 litre milk
- 200 g rice
- 150 g sugar
- 100 g sweet almonds
- 30 g candied citron
- 3 whole eggs
- 5 egg yolks
- lemon zest
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Pound almonds with some sugar; dice the citron small.
- Cook rice firm in the milk, add the flavourings, then the eggs when cold.
- Set firm in a greased, crumb-dusted pan; next day cut into lozenges and dust with icing sugar at serving.