Oatmeal Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Mix the oatmeal with 2-3 tablespoons of cold water until smooth.
Stir the mixture into 1½ pints of milk or water.
Cook and serve
Boil gently for at least 1 hour, stirring frequently.
If digestion is weak, strain the gruel before serving.
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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Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Oatmeal
- Its starch swells and gelatinizes as it cooks, thickening the liquid into a porridge.
- Milk
- Its proteins and fats add body and a creamy, smooth texture to the porridge.
The step that matters
Stir frequently while boiling gently. Oatmeal starch thickens as it cooks and settles quickly, so it can stick and scorch on the base of the pan or form lumps if left unstirred.
“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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