Gruels
Ingredients
Directions
Combine cereal products with water in a pot.
Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until thickened.
If using milk, add it just before serving.
Season with coarse sea salt to taste.
Serve hot and ensure the consistency allows it to be taken through a syphon.
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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