Roasted Rice

This recipe comes from Scappi’s 16th century Italian cookbook. Here’s the redaction we used.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup uncooked rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 oz. grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 oz. shredded mozzarella
  • 1 oz sugar (turbinado)
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Steps

  1. Cook rice as directed on the package
  2. Mix sugar, salt and parmesan cheese
  3. Preheat oven to 350F
  4. Add mixture to rice and spread in casserole pan
  5. Sprinkle mozzarella evenly across pan
  6. Bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese on top is melted