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Porridge
Desserts

Porridge – Pareve version

Oats or semolina cooked in unsweetened soy milk or water over low heat, stirring, until the porridge is soft and thick; sweetened with honey and served in a bowl with fruit and nuts. Polenta (cornmeal) is cooked the same way in salted water, with butter and Parmesan stirred in at the end. Pareve version: Unsweetened soy milk.

⏱ 12 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Bring the unsweetened soy milk and salt to a gentle boil in a saucepan.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  2. 2
    Add the oats. Turn down to low and simmer, stirring 5–7 minutes, until the porridge thickens.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  3. 3
    Pour into bowls and serve hot.
    Serving bowl
158calories
7 gprotein
19 gcarbs
5 gfat
● protein 19%● carbs 50%● fat 31%

Per serving (145 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Serving bowl · Also works: Bowl (None)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Milk · Water · Sugar in the liquid · Sugar after cooking · Rose water · Nutmeg · Cardamom · Cinnamon · Vanilla · Butter at the end · Honey in the porridge · Sliced banana on top · Mixed berries on top · Jam on top · Nuts on top · Powdered sugar on top · Cinnamon on top · Tahini for drizzling on top · Dates on the side · Honey for drizzling on top · Olive oil for the garlic · Fried garlic · Cream · Parmesan · Cooking until the cheese melts (minutes) (3) · Honey with the warm fruit · Lemon juice with the warm fruit
  • The grain in the steps: the oats
  • Cooking time (minutes): 5–7
  • Doneness cue: the porridge thickens
  • Serving dish: into bowls

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