Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the water in a porridge pot.
Pour in the oatmeal from your hand in a continuous stream while stirring.
Once thickened, let it boil for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the salt and boil for another 10 minutes.
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
- Forms the thick body of the porridge as its starch swells and gelatinises in boiling water.
- Water
- Hydrates the oats so their starch can swell and thicken the porridge as it cooks.
The step that matters
Pouring in the oatmeal. Pouring the oats in a slow, continuous stream while stirring keeps them separated so they disperse evenly rather than clumping into lumps that stay dry inside.
“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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