Oatmeal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Combine oatmeal and cold water in a bowl and let it sit for half a day.
Strain the mixture through a sieve to remove the coarse meal.
Cook and season
Boil the strained liquid for 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
Season with coarse sea salt 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
- Oatmeal
- Provides the starch and body that thicken the strained liquid into a gruel.
The step that matters
Boil the strained liquid for 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Starch from the oats only thickens once heated. Constant stirring prevents scorching on the bottom of the pan and keeps the gruel smooth.
“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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