Oat Meal
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the oatmeal
Combine oat meal, salt, milk, and water in a farina kettle.
Bring to a boil and let it cook for at least 6 hours.
After 1 hour, stir well and do not stir again.
Finish for breakfast
For breakfast, prepare the oat meal the afternoon before and finish cooking the next morning.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Oat meal
- Its starch swells and gelatinises as it cooks, thickening the liquid into a porridge.
- Milk
- Adds fat and milk proteins for a softer, creamier texture and a richer flavour.
The step that matters
Stir once, then leave it alone. Stirring after the first hour breaks up the swollen oat grains and releases more starch, which can make the porridge gluey. Stirring well once lets the starch disperse evenly before the grains set.
“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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