Rice Pudding With Lemon Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked rice
6 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
LEMON SAUCE
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
1 large egg, beaten
yellow food coloring

Preparation

cook rice.set aside.
beat eggs, till light and lemon colored.add sugar, nutmeg, salt and milk and cooked rice to a large mixing bowl.
Pour into 2 quart baking dish.in which 1 stick of butter has been melted.
bake at 400* for 30 minutes.(center should be a little shaky).
to prepare LEMON SAUCE:.
mix cornstarch with water, stir till dissolved -- in a saucepan, mix sugar, salt, lemon juice, butter and egg.add cornstarch mixture --
stir and cook slowly, till thick -- remove from heat and add a few drops of yellow food coloring is desired.
this is good over bread pudding, rice pudding or leftover crumbled cake.
makes about 1 cup -- .