Rice

¾ cup of rice washed 7 times
½ cup currants
1¼ cups milk
Yolk of 1 egg
2½ tablespoons sugar
1 small piece lemon rind

Boil rice in a large quantity of boiling water for 20 minutes; drain and add milk, sugar, lemon rind, currants. Let cook slowly for 15 minutes and remove from fire; beat the yolk of an egg in a little milk and stir in the rice.

Do not set back on the fire. Serve cold.