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Oatmeal Gruel

A simple oatmeal gruel made with cooked oatmeal, boiling water, salt, and rich milk, boiled and strained.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Oatmeal Gruel

Oatmeal Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine the cooked oatmeal and boiling water.

  2. Add salt and stir continuously until well mixed.

  3. Incorporate the milk and bring the mixture to a boil.

  4. Let it boil for 10 minutes, then strain through a fine sieve.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Cooked oatmeal
Its starch swells in hot liquid, thickening the gruel and giving it body.
Rich milk
Adds fat and milk proteins, making the gruel creamier and softer on the palate.

The step that matters

Stirring once the milk goes in. Milk contains sugars and proteins that can scorch and stick to the base of the pan, and it can boil over quickly. Stirring keeps the mixture even and prevents burnt flavour and lumps.

“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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