Water Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Combine oatmeal and water in a pot and stir well.
Bring to a boil, stirring often, for 3 to 4 minutes.
Strain the mixture through a sieve.
Add coarse sea salt to taste.
If desired, add a piece of fresh butter and stir until melted.
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 water into a gruel.
- Fresh butter
- Adds richness and a smooth, silky mouthfeel to the finished gruel.
The step that matters
Bring to a boil while stirring often. Oatmeal starch can settle and scorch on the bottom of the pot, and stirring keeps the grains suspended so the starch gelatinizes evenly and the gruel thickens smoothly.
“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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