Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Bring water or milk to a boil in a pot.
Stir in the oatmeal and salt.
Cook over low heat, stirring until thickened.
Serve with milk, butter, or ale.
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
- Oatmeal
- Its starch thickens as it cooks in the liquid, forming the porridge's body.
- Water or milk
- Hydrates the oats so their starch can swell and gelatinize into a creamy texture.
The step that matters
Cook over low heat, stirring until thickened. Oat starch swells and thickens as it cooks in liquid. Low heat and regular stirring keep the oats from scorching on the bottom of the pot and help them thicken evenly.
“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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