Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons melted butter, and
  • margarine
  • 12 cup uncooked long-grain rice
  • 12 cup sugar
  • 12 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 quart milk
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 34 cup dark raisin
  • cream

Method

  • Soak top and bottom of 3 1/4-quart (3.25 L) clay cooker in water about 15 minutes; drain.
  • Pat dry and brush both sides of cooker with butter.
  • Combine rice, sugar, salt, nutmeg, milk, half-and-half and vanilla in cooker.
  • Place covered cooker in in cold oven.
  • Set oven at 350 degrees F or 180 degrees Celsius Bake 1 hour; stir in raisins.
  • Bake covered, stirring once or twice in the first hour, until pudding is crusty, about 2 hours.
  • Remove cover; bake until top is brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Serve warm or cold; pour cream over each serving.