Lemon Rice Pudding

I do so love a bowl of warm, creamy Rice Pudding on a cold wintry day. Its one of my favourite comfort foods. Right now the temperatures are pushing 100, so comfort is not what I need (maybe an ice bath, a fan and a tall cold lemonade).

So when I came across this recipe for chilled Lemon Rice Pudding from Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. June 1945.. I thought... hmmmm rice pudding and lemon... lets give it a try. So I did... 

Well.. it definitely wasnt my Nanas Rice Pudding thats for sure... but I liked it. Using a boxed vanilla pudding mix (yes they really did have them in the 1940s) it came out quite thick. The lemon flavour was lovely...considering the for the small amount of peel thats used .

A simple enough dessert to whip up.. and I would probably make it again

Magazine Illustration

1 package vanilla pudding

2 cups milk

1 cup cooked rice

1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

1 egg white

2 tablespoons sugar

• Place pudding powder in saucepan. 
• Add milk gradually, stirring constantly. 
• Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened
• Stir constantly. 
• Fold in rice and lemon peel. 
• Cool. 
• Beat egg white until foamy, add sugar gradually, and continue beating until stiff. 
• Fold in. 
• Garnish with balls of clear cherry-flavored gelatine cut with ball cutter or small measuring spoon. 

 

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
June 1945