Persian Rice

• 3 oz rice per person
• 2 oz butter
• 1 tablespoon

Pour a kettle of boiling water over the rice in a sieve. Separate the grains and soak for three or four hours in cold water. Wash thoroughly and put in a large pan with copious amounts of cold water and a tablespoon of salt. Boil for exactly eight minutes, until the rice is almost, but not quite, tender. Wash again under the cold tap and drain.

Put one ounce of melted butter in a flamep