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Gruel from 1804. The brandy gave a nice fruity aroma (programming.dev)
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I swear I'm not an alcoholic

Recipe: https://www.epimel.es/recipes/gruel-fra-1804

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Hehe of course the alcohol boils off.

One step closer to the source: https://www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/gruel and a video.

The original recipe seems a bit posh - or, as the book cover says, for the "Nobleman, gentleman and tradesman".

But the combo of brandy, butter, (cane) sugar and nutmeg sounds really nice.

BTW I wonder if oatmeal originally refered to rolled oats or coarse flour.

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    • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It looks like for the old recipe the brandy was only boiled for the last 5 minutes compared to the modern recipe. What did you do?

    I'm sure the alcohol boils off from both. But brandy gives a great taste when cooking

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