A form of Pudding Pie
Original Receipt in 'English Housewifry' by Elizabeth Moxon, 1764 (Moxon 1764)136. A GROUND RICE PUDDING.
Take half a pound of ground rice, half cree it in a quart of milk, when it is cold put to it five eggs well beat, a jill of cream, a little lemon-peel shred fine, half a nutmeg grated, half a pound of butter, and half a pound of sugar, mix them well together, put them into your dish with a little salt, and bake it with a puff-paste round your dish; have a little rose-water, butter and sugar to pour over it, you may prick in it candid lemon or citron if you please.
Half of the above quantity will make a pudding for a side-dish.