Corn Meal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Mix cornmeal with enough cold water to make a smooth batter.
Bring 1 quart of water to a boil in a pot.
Cook
Pour the cornmeal batter into the boiling water.
Boil for 30 minutes, stirring well from the bottom.
Season with salt and add sugar if desired.
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
- Cornmeal
- Thickens the water into a gruel as its starch gelatinizes while simmering.
The step that matters
Stirring from the bottom during the 30-minute boil. Cornmeal is dense and settles, so it can scorch on the pot base and clump. Stirring from the bottom keeps particles suspended and heat distributed, giving a smooth, evenly thickened 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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