Cracked Wheat
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Fill the inner cup of a double boiler with 1 quart of water and heat it.
Stir in 1 cup of cracked wheat and add a little salt if desired.
Cook rapidly until the kernels stop settling when lifted from the stove.
Cook and serve
Transfer to the outer boiler with boiling water and cook for 4 to 5 hours or longer.
Serve hot with nut cream or any desired fruit sauce.
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
- Cracked wheat
- Provides the grain body that softens and thickens into the porridge as its starch gelatinizes.
- Water
- Hydrates the wheat kernels so they soften and release starch during the long cook.
The step that matters
Cook rapidly until the kernels stop settling. Dense wheat kernels sink and can scorch on the bottom of the pan before the mixture thickens. Keeping them suspended while the water heats helps the porridge cook evenly.
“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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