This recipe is an excellent reason to take your extra rice from dinner and make a not too sweet treat
Butter the 8x8 casserole dish, set aside
Start oven to 400 degrees
Add 3/4 to 1 inch of water in your 9x13 pan, place in the oven to warm as the oven warms.
On medium heat add sugar, 1 cup of water, rice and craisins to a pot. Disolve sugar and plump dried fruit. Set aside.
In a seperate bowl, beat until foamy. Set aside.
In the pot with the water, sugar and dried fruit, add the evaporated milk, vanilla, and another cup of water. Give it a brief stir. Then add the foamy eggs. Stir and set aside.
8x8 pan then pour the mixed ingredients into the dish. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
CAREFULLY place this filled dish into the 9x13 pan in the oven filled with theHOT bath water. Use all your skills not to spill or splash. It is doable, just do it cautiously.
Bake the casserole dish that is the 9x13 pan for 15 minutes at 400 degress.
Turn down the temperature to 350 degrees and finish baking for another 20 minutes.
Remove the 8x8 pan from the 9x13 pan from out of the bathwater. Your hotpads will usually touch the water and get soaked. Set on the stove to cool for 30 minutes or more.
Carefully the dump hot bath water into the sink without scalding yourself.
Sterling likes his rice pudding with a bit more rice, I like mine with 3/4 cup of rice that produces a bit more of a custard texture.
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