Boiled spelt on water

Spelt is one of the types of semi-wild wheat that has been popular for many years. Not only delicious porridge can be prepared from this cereal crop. Spelt is made into flour, and such flour makes excellent and healthy pastries.

Spelt porridge can be made in different versions: sweet and salty. Sweet spelt is usually boiled in milk and served for breakfast. Milk spelt is supplemented with nuts, fruits and berries. Pour syrup to taste or liquid honey.

Spelt cooked on water is both an independent dish and a side dish. You can serve this porridge with meat, mushrooms. A great addition will be a salad of fresh or stewed vegetables, as well as grilled vegetables.

The process of cooking spelt is not laborious, it does not take much time and effort. The first thing you need to sort out the cereal, remove all damaged and empty grains. We put the sorted spelt in a bowl, fill it with water. We leave the cereal to swell. Of course, it is better to leave it overnight, but if time is running out, then at least for 2-3 hours.

Then drain the water, rinse the cereal a couple more times until the water is completely transparent. We transfer the clean grains to a saucepan with a thick bottom, fill it with water. Water will need three times more relative to cereals. For 200 grams of spelt - 600 ml of water. Do not forget to add a pinch of salt.

We send the pan to the fire, bring the contents to a boil. Then turn down the heat, cover the pan with a lid and cook the porridge for 30-35 minutes. Stir occasionally. If after the specified time the porridge is not as soft as we would like, you can add a little more water and cook for an additional 5-7 minutes.

As a result, the spelt should turn out crumbly, but not rigid. You can fill it with a piece of butter, but this is optional.

Bon appetit!