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Raw Cereal Gruel

A simple gruel made by soaking flaked raw cereal in warm salted water, served plain or with dried fruits and cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Raw Cereal Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the flaked raw cereal in warm salted water for several hours or overnight in a warm place.

  2. Serve plain or with sweet dried fruits and fresh cream.

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

Flaked raw cereal
Forms the body of the gruel as its starch and fibre soften during soaking.

“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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