Cracked Wheat
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Rinse the cracked wheat thoroughly with cold water.
In a pan, combine the cracked wheat and cold water.
Steam
Place the pan in a larger pan filled with water and cover it tightly.
After 30 minutes, stir and add salt to taste.
Let it steam for 4 to 5 hours, stirring once or twice.
Serve
Serve hot or cold, with cream.
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
- Cracked wheat
- Forms the body of the dish, softening as its starch swells and absorbs the water.
- Cold water
- Hydrates the grains so they swell and cook into a soft, tender texture.
The step that matters
Covering the pan tightly for the long steam. A tight lid and the outer water bath hold in steam and gentle heat. If steam escapes, the wheat can dry out or cook unevenly over the hours-long steaming.
“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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