Peach And Rice Pudding

Wash half a cupful of rice and soak it for two hours in cold water to cover. Drain and cook in a double-boiler with two and one-half cupfuls of milk, one cupful of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Cook for two hours, then put into a buttered baking-dish in layers with stewed or preserved peaches, having rice on top. Dot with butter, sprinkle with sugar and spice, bake brown, and serve hot or cold with any preferred sauce.

Pineapple Pudding

Soak half a package of gelatine in cold water to cover, add half a cupful of milk and dissolve by gentle heat. Heat two cupfuls of milk in a double boiler, add a cupful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and the beaten yolks of six eggs. Cook until it thickens, stirring constantly, then add three cupfuls of grated canned pineapple, bring to the boil, take from the fire, and when cool but not set fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Mould, chill, and serve with whipped cream.

Prune Pudding

Stone a cupful of stewed prunes and rub through a sieve. Beat the whites of five eggs to a stiff froth, add five tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, a pinch of cream tartar, and a few grains of salt. Add the prunes gradually, turn into a deep buttered baking-dish, and bake in a slow oven for twenty minutes. Serve either hot or cold, with Boiled Custard.

Quince Pudding

Peel, core, and quarter five quinces and simmer until softened in water to cover. Rub through a sieve, add a cupful of sugar and the yolks of four eggs beaten with a pint of milk. Line a deep baking-dish with pastry, turn in the quince, and bake for forty-five minutes. Cover with a meringue made from the beaten whites of four eggs and six table-spoonfuls of sugar. Return to the oven until puffed and brown and serve cold.

Raspberry Pudding

Fill a buttered baking-dish with alternate layers of raspberries and dry bread crumbs, sweetening each layer of berries with sugar. The top layer should be crumbs. Dot with butter sprinkle with sugar and bake for half an hour. Serve with cream.

Red Sago Pudding

Wash a cupful of sago and soak over night in four cupfuls of cold water. Cook in a double boiler in the water in which it was soaked until the sago is transparent. Add a pinch of salt, two cupfuls of raspberry, cherry, strawberry, or currant-juice, and sugar to taste. Cook for half an hour, turn into a wet mould, chill, and serve with whipped cream. This pudding may be made with jelly instead of fruit juice. Grape juice made tart with lemon juice may also be used.

Rice Pudding - I

Wash half a cupful of rice thoroughly, soak in cold water for two hours, and drain. Add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, a little grated nutmeg, four cupfuls of milk, and half a cupful of raisins. Bake for two hours, stirring occasionally, then add a cupful of milk and bake for an hour longer. Serve in the baking-dish.

Rice Pudding - II

Boil a cupful of rice in milk to cover, add two well-beaten eggs, sugar, and flavoring to taste, with a little cream. Bake in buttered cups and serve hot with sauce.