Lump-Free Semolina Porridge with Milk
The quickest breakfast for kids and adults is lump-free semolina porridge. Semolina porridge is usually made by pouring the semolina into boiling milk in a thin stream. No matter how many times I tried it that way, I always ended up with lumps. So I learned to make it my own way — and now there's never a single lump! Let me share the recipe with you!
Cooking method
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Step 1:
How do you cook lump-free semolina porridge with milk? Gather all the ingredients. You can use milk of any fat content. But if you're watching your diet, use a lower-fat milk.
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Step 2:
For cooking porridge, it's handy to use an aluminum pan or a heavy-bottomed pot. Mine is an aluminum ladle. In an enameled pot the porridge can scorch. Pour the right amount of milk into the ladle.
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Step 3:
Add a spoonful of sugar and a pinch of salt to the milk. The salt offsets the taste of the sugar on one hand and brings out the sweetness of the porridge on the other. To my taste, this much sugar is plenty. Go by your own taste.
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Step 4:
Then add the semolina to the cold milk. Stir and set the ladle on the heat. If you like a thinner porridge, just 2 spoons of semolina will be enough.
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Step 5:
Stirring constantly, bring everything to a boil. As it boils, the porridge will gradually thicken. Cook it for just 20–30 seconds and take it off the heat. Just don't stop stirring, or you'll end up with one big lump. It's not hard to stand there and wait the 1–2 minutes for it to boil.
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Step 6:
Pour the finished porridge into a bowl and dig in. Semolina porridge is best freshly made. If you leave it to cool, it turns thick and, in my opinion, not very tasty.
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Step 7:
Top the hot, lump-free porridge with a little butter or some fresh berries. Enjoy!
- This method is handy for making lump-free porridge for 1–3 servings. If you make a large batch, then of course standing and stirring 2–3 liters of milk gets tiresome. In that case, yes, it's better to pour the semolina into boiling milk, creating a swirling whirlpool in it. But at the end of cooking you can use a hand mixer to make it smoother. After the mixer, the lumps won't stand a chance. For flavor, you can add a pinch of vanillin or vanilla sugar to the porridge.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Whole cow's milk - 68 kcal/100g
- Milk, 3.5% fat - 64 kcal/100g
- Milk, 3.2% fat - 60 kcal/100g
- Milk, 1.5% fat - 47 kcal/100g
- Concentrated milk, 7.5% fat - 140 kcal/100g
- Milk, 2.5% fat - 54 kcal/100g
- Semolina - 340 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Butter, 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Unsalted premium butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted farmhouse butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Salted farmhouse butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Clarified butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
