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Common Groat Gruel

A simple gruel made by boiling common groats in water until reduced.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Common Groat Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the groats thoroughly.

  2. Combine the groats and water in a well-tinned saucepan.

Cook and serve

  1. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  2. Reduce heat and let it simmer until the volume is halved, stirring frequently.

  3. Strain the mixture through a sieve before serving.

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

Common groats
Provide the starch and body that thicken the water into a gruel.
Water
Cooks the groats and, as it reduces, concentrates the gruel.

The step that matters

Simmering until the volume is halved. Reducing the liquid concentrates the thickened starch from the groats. Stirring frequently helps keep the grain from settling and scorching on the bottom of the pan.

“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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