Farina Mush or Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the porridge
Bring water to a boil.
Add farina to the boiling water and stir.
Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Serve
Serve with fresh milk, diluted condensed milk, or stewed dried fruit.
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 water into a soft, porridge-like texture as it cooks.
The step that matters
Add farina to the boiling water and stir. Stirring as the farina goes in separates the granules so they disperse evenly. If they land in one spot unstirred, the outside gelatinises first and forms lumps around dry centres.
“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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