1 l Milk
2 Thin strips lemon rind
200 g Sugar
70 g Arborio rice
4 Eggs; plus one egg yolk
60 g Almonds; chopped
75 g Candied fruit; (lemon or
-cedro are
; better)
1 sm Glass of Strega liqueur
1 pn Salt
Quantity of shortcrust
-pastry
Boil the milk, lemon and sugar, then add the rice and salt. Cook very
slowly and keep stirring until reduced to an unsmooth paste.
Beat the eggs and the yolk and add the rice mixture spoon by spoon. At the
end put in the Strega liqueur and mix with the chopped almonds and candied
fruit.
Layer a baking tin with fine shortcrust pastry, fill with the mixture and
bake for one hour in a medium oven.
Yields
8 servings