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Gluten Gruel with Raisins

A simple gruel made from gluten, water, salt, and raisins.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Gluten Gruel with Raisins

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, mix gluten with a little cold water until smooth.

Cook

  1. In a pot, add boiling water, gluten mixture, salt, and soaked raisins.

  2. Cook in a double boiler or on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes.

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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What each ingredient does

Gluten
Thickens the liquid into a smooth, thick gruel as it cooks.
Raisins
Add sweetness and chewy texture to the gruel.

“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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