An indulgent yet healthy and sustaining start to the day. It's a traditional soft but chewy wholegrain wheat porridge, sweetened with raisins and honey, gently spiced and enriched with cream and orange zest. It's really simple to make, but needs time for the grains to cook properly.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time6 hourshrs
Total Time6 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Christmas, spelt grains, traditional, wheat grains
Place the spelt, raisins and water into your slow cooker and leave it to cook on it's lowest setting for six hours or overnight. By this time, the grains should have absorbed all the water and be sweetened by the raisins.
150 g whole spelt berries (grains), 50 g raisins, 570 ml water
Grate in the orange zest and nutmeg to taste. Then stir in the honey and cream.
1 orange, 1 tbsp honey, 100 ml double cream (heavy cream), good grating of nutmeg
If the grains are cooked, but cold when you wake up in the morning, just heat everything up so that it's hot, but not boiling. I turn my slow cooker back on for fifteen minutes.
Serve warm with some orange slices to squeeze over the top, if desired.
Oven Top Method.
Soak the grains in water overnight. Drain, place in a pan, add the raisins and just cover with water. Bring to a boil then simmer gently for thirty to forty minutes or until cooked. Check occasionally to see if the water needs topping up. But you want the grains to have soaked up all of the water by the time they're cooked. Like rice, it's good to keep the lid on and allow the grains to steam for five to ten minutes after you've turned the heat off.
150 g whole spelt berries (grains), 50 g raisins, 570 ml water
Grate in the orange zest and nutmeg to taste. Then stir in the honey and cream.
1 orange, 1 tbsp honey, 100 ml double cream (heavy cream), good grating of nutmeg
Serve warm with some orange slices to squeeze over the top, if desired.
Notes
Feel free to swap the nutmeg for a pinch of another sweet spice such as cinnamon, cloves or ginger. Or add a pinch of all of them.For a vegan version, simply swap the honey for maple syrup and the cream for coconut cream. It won't be the same, but it will still be delicious.Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.