How to cook the most delicious porridge

Semolina - is another dish from my childhood, probably, every citizen of our country. However, the love of this mess developed only for those children whose mothers or grandmothers knew how to cook this delicious gruel, that is, without lumps and other unpleasant phenomena. If you cook porridge right, she just can not not like it!

Semolina since ancient times is one of the most popular Russian dishes. It is possible to prepare for breakfast or lunch, and due to its nutritional energize it, and thanks to the wonderful taste properties - will give the most pleasant dining experience.

We all know that this cook gruel made with milk, but it is - is not the only option. But, however, first things first: first, let's learn how to cook delicious, classic semolina.

How to cook delicious porridge with milk

In the preparation of semolina, as well as many other cereals, the experience - the main guarantee of goodies dishes. What if no such experience? Listen to the recommendations of experienced chefs and comply with the general rules of cooking delicious semolina:

• Cook semolina can only milk, but then at the bottom of the pan first need to pour a little water - it reduces the risk of burning in times of milk. Very often, this gruel mixture is boiled for milk and water in a ratio of one to one. How will you cook it exactly you - it's up to you if you want to calories as low as possible, then cook in the semolina mixture of water and semolina 50 to 50.

• Better cook porridge in a pot with non-stick coating or stainless steel, the thicker will be its sides and bottom - the better.

• The ratio of semolina and liquid may be different, but a common standard - about 7 tsp to 1 cup of liquid. Adjust the ratio depending on the desired thickness of porridge.

• Pour the semolina in a boiling liquid just slowly, very thin stream with vigorous stirring: in one hand, take a container of grains, the second - a spoon, slowly adding cereal with rapid stirring it - the key to the absence of lumps.

• Pour all the semolina, sugar and cereal season with salt to taste, continue to stir the porridge and bring it to a boil, when it comes to a boil, immediately lower the heat to low and cook for another 5 minutes porridge.

• Ready semolina porridge dressed with butter or jam.

If preparing porridge, you consider all of the recommendations will necessarily appetizing porridge without lumps and very tasty. And to make it even tastier you can add to mush favorite berries or fruits.

Cooking recipe semolina classical

You will need: 1 cup milk (or? Cup of milk and water), 20 g butter, 7 tsp semolina, 1 tsp sugar, 1 pinch of salt.

How to cook a classic semolina. Pour the liquid into the pot, add a little water first if the porridge is brewed only in milk. Bring the liquid to a boil, and season with salt the sugar gradually slowly pour cereal, vigorously stirring the porridge. Bring to a boil porridge, reduce the heat to minimum, boil for 5 minutes with constant stirring. Putting cereal in a bowl, fill it with oil.

If you want to experiment, you can not cook semolina with milk, and condensed milk diluted with water. The proportions of water and condensed milk should be such that the porridge has not turned out too sweet - decide on your taste. And as a sweetener porridge can be used not only sugar - come up and jam, and dried fruits and raisins. Put jam or dried fruit to taste, the last pre-need or pour boiling water rinse and dry.

Very interesting turns semolina, tucked a small amount of vanilla and lemon zest, it should be a little longer to boil - for consistency it should be similar to the cream.

Another interesting option semolina - apple.

Apple recipe semolina

You will need: 2 cups apple juice, 2 tablespoons semolina, 1 tbsp butter, 1 tsp sugar, 1 egg, 1 lemon - zest, raisins pitted.

How to cook apple porridge. Pour the juice into a saucepan, bring to a boil, stirring constantly, pour a thin stream of semolina, then add the washed raisins, lemon zest, sugar and boil until tender. Drive into the prepared pudding egg and mix. Served apple semolina in hot or cold, dressed with butter.

Of course, further strengthen the "apple" can be a porridge by adding a sliced apple. Well, if you want berries semolina, then cook it can and cranberry juice.

Recipe semolina on cranberry juice

Need 2.5 cups water, 1 cup cranberries? cup semolina? cup of cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt.

How to cook porridge in the berry juice. Rinse berries, crush, squeeze the juice, add water pomace, boil, drain the broth, add a pinch of salt in it and sugar, bring to a boil. Semolina berry juice diluted so as to avoid lumps, pour the mixture into the boiling broth, cook a thick porridge. Ready porridge laid out in a greased form, cooled, cut into portions and served with cream.

The same method can be cooked porridge on red or black currants or other acidic berries.

Semolina - is fast, easy and delicious, and you'll see it, cook it according to our recipes!