Spanish Rice
Rice, 1 cup.
Garlic, medium size, ½.
Bay leaf, 1.
Minced celery, 1 stalk.
Tomatoes, 2 cups.
Minced onion, small, 1.
Oil, 2 tablespoonfuls.
Mace, ½ teaspoonful.
Flour, 2 tablespoonfuls.
Salt.
Boil the rice until about half done, drain, and finish cooking in the following sauce:—
Put the oil in a saucepan, add all the other ingredients except the tomato and flour; set over the fire and stir occasionally, to prevent burning, until brown. Then add the flour and stir till brown. Add the tomato, let cook a few minutes, strain, and add to the rice.