The Kings Porridge
AKA ‘Decadent porridge’ for reasons that will become obvious from the ingredient list. If you’re looking for a way to lift your staple rolled oat breakfast to the next level read on…
The following will make sufficient to feed two people (With thanks to Bruce for guiding me through it).
Ingredients
| - 1 cup rolled oats | - 2 cups milk (any sort) |
| - ¾ cup of mixed fruit | - cream |
| - mascarpone cream |
Instructions
For starters select the appropriate fruit. This could be any combination of things including cake mix fruit, candied peel, glazed cherries, naked ginger (crystallised ginger might be a bit too much), raisins, cranberries, you get the drift.
Add your rolled oats, milk and fruit to a fry-pan and bring to a gentle boil over a low heat while stirring constantly. It’s important to keep the heat low and to keep stirring constantly. This stuff will burn or stick to the bottom of your fry-pan really easily. Likewise, a fry-pan is highly recommended (as opposed to a saucepan) to maintain an even heat distribution. Keep stirring until thickened to a desired consistency (you can dilute with additional milk if required). This boiling / thickening process won’t take too long (probably about 5 minutes).
Ladle into bowls and immediately soak your fry-pan with water. If you don’t do this straight away you’re in for a power of hurt trying to clean up the pan later.
Add cream and mascarpone cream as desired to really add the touch of luxury to the dish (and milk to dilute if necessary).
A lot of people will add sugar to their porridge. Take my advice and give it a try without. The fruit will take care of the sweetness for you.