Butter a baking dish well, and put a layer of rice in the bottom of
it, and over this arrange slices of tomatoes; dot well with butter,
and season plentifully with pepper and salt and celery salt, then
place another layer of rice, and so proceed until the dish is well
filled. Pour 1/2 cup of canned tomato juice over the rice, sprinkle
the top with grated cheese, and bake for twenty minutes.
ITALIAN RICE
Put 1 tablespoon of butter in a saucepan, and when melted add to it
2 cups of boiled rice and 1 cup of tomato sauce or tomato chutney;
season well with salt and pepper, stir until heated through, and
serve plentifully sprinkled with grated cheese.
RICE AU GRATIN
Put 1 cup of milk in a double boiler, when hot add to it 1 tablespoon
of flour mixed with 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 teaspoon of grated onion
(or a few drops of onion extract), and 1/2 teaspoon of salt; stir into
this 2 cups of boiled rice, let cook for five minutes, then put in a
buttered baking dish, with 1/2 cup of grated cheese on top, dredge this
with paprika, sprinkle with bread crumbs, and let brown in the oven.
RICE OMELET
Beat the yolks and whites of 2 eggs separately, and to the yolks add
1/4 of a cup of milk, 1/3 of a cup of cold boiled rice, 1 tablespoon
of melted butter, some salt and pepper, and finally the stiff whites
of the eggs. Put in a buttered omelet pan, and proceed as in making
the usual omelet, cooking over a slow fire and shaking the pan
vigorously. Sprinkle with salt and a little paprika; when set, turn
together; serve with a sauce if desired, and garnish with watercress.
RICE CZARINA
Butter a baking dish, and put an inch-deep layer of boiled rice
in the bottom. Over this sprinkle finely chopped fresh or canned
tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, and dot well with butter; then
place another layer of rice somewhat thinner, and over this spread
finely chopped green peppers, and so alternate tomatoes, peppers,
and rice until the dish is well filled, having a layer of rice on
the top. Garnish this with thin slices of tomato in the centre,
and encircle the edge with thinly cut rings from the peppers. Pour 2
tablespoons of melted butter over all, cover lightly with a tin cover,
and let cook in a slow oven for twenty minutes; just before serving
add 2 more tablespoons of melted butter.
SAVOURY RICE
Butter a baking dish, and half fill it with freshly boiled rice,
sprinkle this with salt, pepper, celery salt, and a few drops of
Worcestershire Sauce, then dot with mustard mixed with water, and
pour 1/2 cup of tomato sauce over the surface evenly. Fill the dish
with the remaining rice, and season again with the same ingredients,
adding 1/2 cup of grated cheese (sage cheese preferably); after
pouring on the tomato sauce cover with a thin layer of crumbs and
bake fifteen minutes in a slow oven.
UNPOLISHED RICE
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