Farina Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Boil 1 pint of water, milk, or broth.
When boiling, stir in 4 tablespoons of Farina.
Let it cook slowly for 25 minutes.
Sweeten or season to taste.
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
- Farina
- Its starch swells and thickens the hot liquid into a smooth, spoonable gruel.
- Water, milk, or broth
- Hydrates the farina so its starch can swell, and gives the gruel its base flavor.
The step that matters
Stir in the farina while the liquid is boiling. Stirring as the farina goes in spreads the granules so they swell evenly instead of clumping. Starch thickens as it heats in liquid, so a slow cook lets it set smoothly.
“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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