Fruit Sauce

• 1  cup  orange juice
• 1/2  cup  sugar
• 1  tablespoon  cornstarch
• 2  teaspoon  lemon juice
• 2  tablespoon  butter
• 1/4 to 1/2  teaspoon  rum extract
• 1  cup  stewed fruit (optional)

Combine orange juice sugar and cornstarch and cook over double boiler until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, butter, and rum extract. Spoon over plated rice pudding. Garnish with optional stewed fruit.

Yield: About 1 1/2 cups
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: about 10 minutes
Ease of preparation: Easy

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen