Ever peeked into the traditional menus of the "English breakfast"? Today I decided to take a virtual trip to England and cook one of the most consumed foods during English breakfasts: Oat Porridge! It is a sweet oat soup, often enriched with fresh fruit, hazelnuts or simply jam. Let's start the day with determination with this “English breakfast”: let's see how to prepare oatmeal porridge.
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 78 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
- 200 ml of soy milk
- 60 g of oat flakes
- 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, agave syrup or maple syrup
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder
- 100 g of apricots
- 100 g of peaches
Materials Needed
- Small saucepan
- Spoons
- Bowl or serving plate
- Chopping board
- Knife
Preparation
- Pour the soy milk into a saucepan and sweeten to taste with agave syrup, maple syrup or brown sugar. Add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor of the porridge.
- As soon as the milk starts to simmer, pour in the oat flakes and stir. Cook for 6-7 minutes, stirring often and maintaining a very sweet flame.
Tasty alternatives
Instead of soy milk, porridge can be made with oat milk, rice milk or almond milk.
Furthermore, the oat flakes can be replaced with rice, barley, millet or spelled: in these cases, the milk must be boiled for a longer time, until the chosen cereal is cooked.- Meanwhile, prepare the accompanying fruit. Wash, clean and cut the apricots and peaches into small pieces.
- After 6-7 minutes, the oatmeal porridge is ready. Add a pinch of ground cinnamon and serve immediately accompanying with the chopped fruit.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Let yourself be tempted by alternative breakfasts and try oat porridge in all its variations: with fruit, enriched with cream or more delicious with pieces of chocolate! A perfect food to face the surprises of the day with positivity and energy!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Oat Porridge with Fruit is a breakfast food with a rather low energy intake. The caloric prevalence is borne by (complex) carbohydrates, while proteins and hypoids are of little relevance. The fatty acids contained in it are beneficial, cholesterol is absent while the fiber is present.
Oat Porridge with Fruit is suitable for any diet (including overweight and metabolic diseases). The average portion is about 350-450g (275-350kcal).
