Title: Coffee and fig pudding
 Categories: Desserts
      Yield: 5 Servings
 
      1 c  Cut-up stewed Ca. dried figs
      1 tb Hot water
      1 tb Instant coffee
  2 1/2 c  Milk
      2    Eggs
    2/3 c  Sugar
    1/2 ts Salt
    3/4 c  Cooked rice
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Heavy cream; whipped,
           -- sweetened, and
           -- vanilla-flavored
 
  With scissors, snip off stems of stewed figs.  Cut figs into small
  pieces. Combine hot water and instant coffee.  Add to milk.  Beat
  eggs lightly with sugar.  Add to milk, with salt, rice, vanilla and
  figs.  Pour gently into buttered pudding dish. Bake in moderate oven
  (350 F.) for about 30 minutes or until almost "set".  Serve warm,
  with whipped cream, and garnish with a whole fig. Serves 5 or 6
  generously.