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French Milk Porridge

A milk porridge made with oatmeal, water, and milk, boiled and strained.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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French Milk Porridge

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the oat water

  1. Stir oatmeal and water together.

  2. Let it stand until clear.

  3. Pour off the water and add fresh water, stirring well.

  4. Let it stand until the next day.

  5. Strain through a fine sieve.

Finish the porridge

  1. Boil the strained water.

  2. Add milk while boiling.

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

Oatmeal
Provides the starch and body that thickens the porridge as it cooks.
Milk
Adds richness and a creamy, mild sweetness to the finished porridge.

“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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