Irish Oatmeal With Pears and Maple
photo by KerfuffleUponWincle
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
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OATMEAL
- 295.73 ml steel cut oats
- 14.79 ml butter
- 1182.95 ml water
- 1.23 ml salt
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PEAR AND MAPLE TOPPING
- 14.79 ml butter
- 29.58 ml sugar
- 2 pears, peeled, cored and diced
- 29.58 ml currants
- 118.29 ml shelled pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped
- maple syrup
directions
- OATMEAL: In a saucepan over medium-high heat, toast the oats in the butter for 2 minutes. Add the water and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently, uncovered, until the oatmeal thickens and is tender, 25 to 30 minutes, stirring frequently, especially toward the end.
- PEAR AND MAPLE TOPPING:Meanwhile, in a skillet over medium-high heat, cook the butter and sugar until they begin to colour. Add the pears and currants. Sauté until the pears are tender and coloured a light gold, about 4 minutes.
- Serve the hot oatmeal in bowls. Spoon some of the topping onto each portion. Sprinkle with pecans and drizzle with maple syrup.
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By far the best oatmeal I've ever eaten! My first time to try steel cut oats, and I worried they would stick and scorch, so I set a timer to stir them every 10 minutes ~ stirring them constantly the last 5 minutes! My simmer is really low and it took mine 40 minutes to thicken to my satisfaction, but well worth the wait. I didn't bother to peel my pears and substituted golden raisins for the currants. Tagged for Best of 2012, and it went right into my Best of 2013 cookbook!
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By far the best oatmeal I've ever eaten! My first time to try steel cut oats, and I worried they would stick and scorch, so I set a timer to stir them every 10 minutes ~ stirring them constantly the last 5 minutes! My simmer is really low and it took mine 40 minutes to thicken to my satisfaction, but well worth the wait. I didn't bother to peel my pears and substituted golden raisins for the currants. Tagged for Best of 2012, and it went right into my Best of 2013 cookbook!
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