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French Milk Porridge

A simple oatmeal porridge made with water and milk, served with toast.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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French Milk Porridge

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the oats

  1. Stir oatmeal and water together and let it sit to clear.

  2. Pour off the water and add more water.

  3. Stir well and let it sit overnight.

  4. Strain through a fine sieve.

Make the porridge

  1. Boil the strained water, adding milk while boiling.

Serve

  1. Serve with toast.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Oatmeal
Starch that thickens the liquid into a porridge as it cooks.
Milk
Adds fat and creaminess, softening the flavour of the porridge.

“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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