Apricot and Rice Molds

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup rice
• 2 quarts boiling water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup dried apricots
• 1/2 cup corn syrup or honey
• 1/2 cup apricot liquor

Instructions

1. Boil rice twenty minutes in salted water, drain, and rinse with cold water. Pack in a large mold lined with waxed paper or in individual molds which have been wet with cold water and let stand several hours.
2. Soak apricots over night in cold water to cover. Cook syrup or honey and juice from the apricots until quite thick. Add the apricots and cook until soft. Arrange the fruit around the mold of rice, pour syrup over all and garnish with whipped cream or with apricots cut in small pieces. Servings, 6.