Rolled Oat Porridge with Milk
Ingredients
2 servings
- For the porridge
- Rolled oats or “Hercules” flakes 1.5 cups (135 g)
- Milk 3 cups (600 ml)
- Sugar 1 tbsp (14 g)
- Vanillin a little (or vanilla sugar)
- Butter 1 tbsp
- Raisins (soaked), candied fruit optional
- For serving
- Grated nuts, candied fruit for serving
- Jam or honey optional
Step-by-step recipe
Milk
Homemade rolled oat porridge cooks very quickly. Groats or flakes are flattened oat grains, often with a ridged surface. The grains are also steamed and heated, which makes them quicker to cook and gives them a soft texture. The best flakes are considered to be “Hercules” and “Extra”: they are almost ready to eat, because most of the heat treatment was done during manufacture. They are also digested much faster than coarse groats that need boiling.
Most often, porridge from flakes is cooked in milk or a mix of water and milk.
Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium heat.
Reduce the heat so that the milk barely simmers.
Add a little vanillin or vanilla sugar, and 1 tbsp of sugar (14 g).
Wait until the sugar dissolves, without letting the milk boil hard.
Porridge
The amount of oat flakes depends on how thick you want the porridge. For a fairly thick porridge we usually take 1 cup of flakes (90 g) to 2 cups of liquid (400 ml): in this recipe, 1.5 cups of flakes (135 g) to 3 cups of milk (600 ml), or 2 cups of flakes (180 g) per 1 l of milk.
Stirring constantly, pour the flakes into the boiling milk.
Wait until the liquid comes to a boil again. At this stage you can add pre-soaked raisins and candied fruit to the porridge, if you like.
Stirring constantly, cook the porridge for 1-2 mins over low heat. The milk should be barely simmering.
For a thick, sticky porridge, you can lengthen the time a little. The oat flakes then break down more, which increases the thickness, and the porridge becomes creamy.
When the cereal is done, add 1 tbsp of butter to the porridge.
Serving
Porridge is usually served in a lidded porcelain dish, and at the table everyone pours or spoons it onto their own plate.
At home you can simply put the porridge on plates and serve it, sprinkled with grated nuts and candied fruit.
If you like, add jam or honey; it is very tasty. Still, oatmeal with milk is very good even without such additions.
Calories and macros
520 kcal
Serving ≈ 390 g
- Protein19 g15% of kcal
- Fat20 g36% of kcal
- Carbs60 g49% of kcal
100 g133 kcalProtein 4.8 gFat 5.1 gCarbs 15.5 g
Calculated from the recipe ingredients, excluding salt and spices. Data: USDA and Matvaretabellen.