Ross il-Forn (Baked Rice)

Ingredients

• •2 cups cooked rice
• •1½ pounds grated cheese
• •2 tablespoons bread crumbs
• •Pepper and salt
• •Paprika
• •50 grams margarine
• •2 egg yolks
• •570 milliliters milk

Directions

1. 1Combine the cooked rice, the egg yolks and 21 ounces of grated cheese and mix well. Add the milk and mix again.
2. 2Grease a baking dish with butter and pour the mixture into it. Sprinkle the bread crumbs and the remaining cheese on top of the mixture.
3. 3Cut the margarine into almond-sized pieces and drop on top of the mixture.
4. 4Bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes. Serve the rice with fried tomatoes.