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Torta di Riso
Rice Cake
Preparation info
- Serves
8
- Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 1995
A pure nostalgic ‘fix’ for me. This cake represents all the best days of my childhood in Tuscany, eaten at no particular time of day and for no particular reason other than ‘it is good for you’. Use pudding rice for the right texture – it is not unlike rice pudding.
Ingredients
- about
900 ml 1½ pints 200 g 7
Method
Put the milk and the sugar into a pan and bring to the boil. Just as it begins to boil, add the rice, stir and simmer until all the milk has been absorbed – a little more may be needed depending on the variety of rice used. Leave to cool.
When cold, add the eggs, vanilla essence, candied peel, pine nuts, three-quarters of the butter, the lemon rind, walnuts and pistachio nuts. Mix it al