Snow Balls
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare the rice
Wash the rice.
Boil the rice in the boiling water for 15 minutes.
Strain off the water (use it to thicken soup).
Shape and bake
Grease eight cups lightly with clarified fat.
Fill each cup with rice, pressing it down with a spoon.
Bake in the oven at 400°F (200°C) for 5 minutes.
Turn the rice out whole and place a little jam on top of each.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Rice
- Cooked starch packs together and sets as it cools, so the shape holds when turned out.
- Jam
- Adds sweetness and fruity flavour on top of the rice.
- Clarified fat
- Greases the cups so the rice releases cleanly and its surface can brown lightly.
The step that matters
Pressing the rice into the cups. Firm pressing removes air gaps and packs the cooked starch closely, so the rice binds and holds its shape when turned out. Loose filling can crumble.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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