Baked Rice and Apricot Pudding

Ingredients:
3 oz of pudding rice
2 oz of castor sugar
1 ½ pints of milk
Ground star anise or grated nutmeg
½ oz of butter
2 oz of ready to eat dried apricots, chopped

Method:
1. Rinse the pudding rice in cold water, drain well then place in a 2-pint buttered dish.
2. Add the sugar and milk.
3. Stir in the apricots and sprinkle the top with the star anise or nutmeg and dot with butter.
4. Bake at 150 C for 1 ½ – 2 hours until rice is soft and creamy.