Oatmeal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Make the oat water
Combine oatmeal and cold water in a bowl and let it sit for 12 hours.
Strain the mixture through a sieve to remove the coarse meal.
Cook and serve
Boil the strained liquid for 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
Season with salt to taste.
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
- Releases starches and flavor into the water, thickening the liquid as it cooks.
- Cold water
- Extracts soluble starch and flavor from the oatmeal during the long soak.
The step that matters
Boil the strained liquid for 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Starch in the liquid can settle and scorch on the bottom of the pot. Constant stirring keeps it dispersed and evenly heated, so the gruel thickens smoothly without burning.
“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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