Cracked Wheat
Ingredients
Directions
Stir the cracked wheat into the boiling water until thickened.
Leave to boil slowly for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the salt shortly before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cracked wheat
- Its starch swells and gelatinises in boiling water, thickening the porridge into a soft, set mass.
The step that matters
Stirring during the long simmer. Cracked wheat starch settles and sticks to the base of the pan during a 45-minute boil. Occasional stirring keeps the porridge smooth and stops scorching.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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