Old-Fashioned Rice Pudding

When I lived with my parents I used to try to outshine my mum in the making of the rice pudding we always had to finish Sunday lunch, but I could never quite match her superb results. I eventually gave in and asked her for her secrets, which are now incorporated into this recipe. Possibly the most important criticism she made of what I did was that I served my pudding straight from the oven – she always arranged for hers to finish cooking about 45 minutes before it would be served, thus gua