Oat Meal
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a double boiler with 1 quart of water in the inner dish.
Sift 1 cup of oat meal into the water.
Cook for 2 to 3 hours.
Serve with cream; do not add sugar.
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
- Oat meal
- Forms the bulk of the porridge; its starch swells and thickens as it absorbs water during cooking.
The step that matters
Cook gently in the double boiler for 2 to 3 hours. The inner dish sits over simmering water, so heat stays moderate. Gentle, long cooking lets the oat starch swell fully and thicken evenly without scorching on the base of the pan.
“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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