Old Fashioned Rice Custard - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup uncooked long grain rice
4 cups milk, divided
1/4 cup butter
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

In the top of a double boiler, combine rice and 2 cups milk.
Cook, stirring occasionally, over boiling water until rice is tender and most of milk has evaporated, about 45 minutes.
Stir in butter.
Beat eggs; blend in sugar, vanilla, salt and remaining 2 cups milk.
Stir into the hot rice mixture.
Pour into a lightly buttered 2 quart casserole and top with nutmeg or cinnamon.
Bake at 350* for 50 minutes or until firm.