Spiced porridge

Name: Spiced porridge
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 175g rolled porridge oats; 900ml skimmed milk; Pinch freshly ground nutmeg; Pinch ground ginger; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 100g dried cherries; 2 red apples, cored, 1 coarsely grated and 1 thinly sliced; Small handful pecans, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp runny honey

Published: 30 Sep 10
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Packed with fruit and nuts, TV presenter Jayne Middlemiss’ spiced porridge recipe takes breakfast to a whole other dimension.

Serves 4
Takes 8 minutes to cook

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Ingredients

175g rolled porridge oats
900ml skimmed milk
Pinch freshly ground nutmeg
Pinch ground ginger
½ tsp ground cinnamon
100g dried cherries
2 red apples, cored, 1 coarsely grated and 1 thinly sliced
Small handful pecans, roughly chopped
2 tbsp runny honey

Method

Mix the porridge oats, milk, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon together in a saucepan and place over a medium heat. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 6 minutes, stirring, until thickened and tender. (Alternatively, put the porridge oats into a bowl and pour over the milk. Microwave on high for 3 minutes.)
Stir and sweeten with runny honey to serve.
Stir through the cherries, grated apple and pecans. Spoon between bowls and trop with the sliced apple and a drizzle of honey.

Recipe from October 2010 Issue

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