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Fruit porridge with rice or barley

Fruit porridge: ground rice or rolled barley is washed, scalded and boiled just tender in water, then mixed with cooked fruit (apricot compote, apple porridge, rhubarb or blueberries) and sugar. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 575.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 575 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The grain and fruit mixture makes a simple dessert more filling; Erken gives the fruit amounts for apples, rhubarb and blueberries.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Cook the grain

    Wash the grain and scald it. Boil with the water until just tender.

  2. 2

    Mix with fruit

    Mix the grain with apricot compote, apple porridge or other cooked fruit. Allow 1 l fresh or 125 g dried fruit for apples, 300 g for rhubarb, 1 l for blueberries.

  3. 3

    Season

    Sweeten with sugar to taste, suited to the type of fruit.

Changes from the original

The fruit amounts are gathered in the ingredient list as a note, since the original gives them for three different fruits.

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1949 (proofread, p. 575) → Modernised~73% of the text changedremovedadded
125 gr. g risengryn eller pressede byggryn byggryn. 1 l. l vann. Grynene vaskes kokt frukt (aprikoskompott, eplegrøt eller annen kokt frukt; epler 1 l ferske eller 125 g tørkede, rabarbra 300 g eller blåbær 1 l). sukker (etter smak, tilpasset bærsorten). Vask grynene og skåldes, koker skåld dem. Kok dem med vannet til grynene blir de er såvidt møre. Blandes møre.. Bland grynene med aprikoskompott, eplegrøt eller annen kokt frukt. Av Regn av epler 1 l. frisk l fersk frukt eller 125 gr. tørrede. Av g tørkede, av rabarbra 300 gr., g, av blåbær 1 l. Sukker efter smak til l.. Søt med sukker etter smak, tilpasset bærsorten.

Note on Modernised

Fruktmengdene er samlet i ingredienslisten som en note, siden originalen gir dem for tre ulike frukter.

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Frequently asked questions

Which fruit can be used?
Apricot compote, apple porridge, rhubarb, blueberries or other cooked fruit.
How much fruit per kind?
1 l fresh or 125 g dried apples, 300 g rhubarb or 1 l blueberries.

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