CHEESE AND RICE
- 2 cupfuls (½ lb.) grated cheese
- 1 gill (½ cup) boiled rice
- 2 heaping tablespoonfuls (2 ozs.) butter
- 2 heaping tablespoonfuls (2 ozs.) flour
- Seasoning of salt and pepper
- 1 pint (2 cups) milk
- A few bread crumbs
Blend the butter and flour together in a saucepan over the fire; then gradually add the milk, stirring constantly, and cook for five minutes. Remove from the fire and season nicely with salt and pepper.
Put the rice into a buttered fireproof dish, then sprinkle in the cheese and pour in the sauce, sprinkle a few bread crumbs on the top, then a little grated cheese, and bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes.