Pearl porridge on water

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary products. Take pearl barley of high quality, from a reliable manufacturer. Even better, if it is barley - an improved variety of pearl barley. Do not chase cheap cereals - there are often larvae already in production, which then turn into living creatures and thus the shelf life of cereals decreases. Butter is suitable with a fat content of at least 82.5%.

2. Step 2:

   

   Check the cereals for the presence of livestock, garbage and damaged grains. Rinse well. To make the cereal crumbly, it is necessary to rinse it until the water pours completely transparent. Pearl barley is cooked for a long time, but in order to speed up the cooking process, you can soak the grits for several hours in cold water. It is convenient to soak overnight. Then drain the water in which the cereal was soaked.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the grits in the cooking pot. I recommend using dishes with a thick bottom so that nothing burns.

4. Step 4:

   

   Fill with water. I do not advise using tap water. Filtered or bottled water is best. Fill with water so that it is below the level of cereals by 2 cm.

5. Step 5:

   

   Salt the water.

7. Step 6:

   

   Bring to a boil over medium heat. Be sure to remove the foam.

8. Step 7:

   

   Then reduce the heat to a minimum, cover the dishes in which the porridge is cooked with a lid. The grits are cooked until they are ready for about 1.5 hours. But if you soaked it beforehand, the cooking time may be reduced to 30-40 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   The water should completely evaporate, but it will turn out grain by grain. A very crumbly porridge should turn out.

10. Step 9:

    

    Add the butter to the porridge, wait until it melts, stir, cover with a lid and let it brew for another 10 minutes. For the lean version, pour any vegetable oil over the porridge: olive sunflower or any other. I like sunflower oil with a smell the most. Unrefined!

11. Step 10:

    

    Serve the porridge immediately to the table. While it's hot. Bon appetit!