Pastea (Grandmom Gallo's)

Pastea (Grandmom Gallo's)
By Avah Gallo

1/2 lb rice
7 cups milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup margarine (1/4 lb)
12 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice
grated lemon rine (or citeon)

Cover rice with water, cook over medium heat until rice is half done. Add milk and salt. Cook slow until milk is almost gone and rice is thick. Take off heat and let cool about five minutes. Then add margarine, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon juice, and rine. Then heat eggs one at a time, add to rice mixture until you used all eggs. Then pour into pie dish that has the crust. Bake 1 hour at 300 degrees for glass dish.

Crust:
3 cups flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp crisco

Blend flour and crisco. Add sugar and baking powder, then vanilla. Roll out and put into pie dish.