Take a small piece of onion,
slice into small bits, and put into a saucepan with two tablespoons of
butter. Cook until onion is browned.
Wash well one-half cup of
rice. Put it into the saucepan with the onion, add salt and pepper, and
fry until the rice is dry.
Then take one and one-half
tablespoons of tomato paste, thinned with hot water (or two tablespoons
of other tomato sauce), and add to the rice.
Little by little add hot
water until the rice is cooked through (about one cup of hot water).
Then add grated cheese, Parmesan
or Gruyere,
one and one-half tablespoons
of butter, and mix well over the fire, then serve.
This rice can be served alone
or with fried sausages, or with cold chicken, or any left-over meat prepared
in the following manner:
Take one and one-half tablespoons
of butter in a saucepan. Cut the cold meat into slices, and add them to
the butter. Fry well, then take one and one-half tablespoons of tomato
paste, thinned in water (or three tablespoons tomato sauce). Add to the
meat a little at a time. Simmer for one-half hour, then put into the middle
of hot platter,
surrounded by rice, and
pour this sauce over all. Add a handful of grated Parmesan cheese to the
rice.
TIP: This preparation
of meat can be served with macaroni or corn-meal instead of the rice.
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