Rice Fritters

Ingredients

• 6 oz rice
• 1 quart milk
• 3 oz sugar
• 1 oz fresh butter 6 oz. of orange marmalade
• 4 eggs

Instructions

1. Swell the rice in the milk, with the sugar and butter, over a slow fire until it is perfectly tender, which will be in about 3/4 hour.
2. When the rice is done, strain away the milk, should there be any left, and mix with it the marmalade and well-beaten eggs;
3. stir the whole over the fire until the eggs are set;
4. then spread the mixture on a dish to the thickness of about 1/2 inch, or rather thicker.
5. When it is perfectly cold, cut it into long strips, dip them in a batter the same as for apple fritters, and fry them a nice brown.
6. Dish them on a white d'oyley, strew sifted sugar over, and serve quickly.