Milk Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the oatmeal overnight in the water.
Strain the oatmeal in the morning.
Cook and serve
Boil the water for 30 minutes.
Add the milk and a little salt.
Bring to a boil.
Serve warm, with or without powdered sugar.
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 the porridge as it cooks and absorbs liquid, giving it body.
- Milk
- Adds richness and a creamy, soft texture to the finished porridge.
The step that matters
Bring to a boil. Milk can scorch on the bottom of the pot and boil over quickly. Milk proteins that stick and burn will taint the flavour, so stir and watch the pot closely.
“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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