Cracked Wheat
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the wheat
Stir the cracked wheat and salt into the boiling water.
Boil in a double boiler for 2 hours.
Serve hot for breakfast.
Chill and serve
Pour into a mold and chill.
Serve cold with cream and sugar for luncheon.
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
- Its starch swells and thickens as it cooks, giving the dish its body and chewy texture.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the grain so it softens during cooking and forms a moist, spoonable mass.
The step that matters
Stir the cracked wheat and salt into the boiling water. Adding the grain to already boiling water while stirring separates the particles so they hydrate evenly instead of clumping into lumps that stay dry in the center.
“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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