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Rice Porridge or Rice Pudding

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g Rice
• 1 l Milk
• 1 pinch Salt
• Cinnamon (a piece) (a little)
• Lemon zest (a little)
• Sugar (for sprinkling) (a little)

Instructions

1. For 250 grams of rice, use 1 liter of milk, or optionally 2/3 liter of milk and 1/3 liter of water.
2. Blanch the rice according to instructions and add the boiling milk, a pinch of salt, a piece of cinnamon, and a little lemon zest.
3. As soon as the rice boils well, cover the pot tightly and let it cook through on a hot stove or in a haybox without stirring.
4. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon when serving.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.