Farina Mush or Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the porridge
Bring water to a boil in a pot.
Stir in the farina and salt.
Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Serve
Serve with fresh milk, diluted condensed milk, or stewed dried fruit.
Variation
For a variation, slice and fry cold farina mush.
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
- Farina
- Its starch swells and thickens the hot water, giving the porridge its body and smooth texture.
The step that matters
Stirring the farina into boiling water. Farina starch granules can clump when first added to liquid. Stirring disperses them so each grain swells evenly, and stirring during the simmer helps prevent lumps and scorching on the bottom of the pot.
“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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