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Oatmeal Gruel

A simple hot oatmeal gruel made by simmering oatmeal in boiling water, seasoned with salt, and finished with cream or milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Oatmeal Gruel

Oatmeal Gruel

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gruel

  1. Sprinkle the oatmeal into the boiling water.

  2. Simmer for 2 hours.

  3. Add the coarse sea salt.

  4. Strain the mixture while hot.

Serve

  1. Fill a delicate cup half full with the gruel.

  2. Add the cream or milk.

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
Its starch thickens the water as it simmers, giving the gruel body.
Cream or milk
Adds fat and richness, softening the flavor and mouthfeel of the thin gruel.

“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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