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Rice Soup with Milk

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice
• water (a little)
• 1 l milk
• cinnamon or mace (a little)
• butter (a little)
• sugar and salt (to taste)
• 1 tsp potato flour (optional for binding)

Instructions

1. Wash the rice, bring to a boil with cold water, and drain the water as soon as it heats up.
2. Cook half of the milk with a little water, cinnamon or mace, and a little butter.
3. Add the rice and let it cook slowly until soft, which takes about an hour.
4. Then add the remaining pre-boiled milk, season the soup with sugar and salt, and let it cook for a bit longer.
5. For a thicker soup, you can bind it with a little potato flour.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.