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Scottish Porridge

Scottish Porridge is a traditional Scottish recipe for a classic oatmeal porridge flavoured with salt. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Scottish version of: Scottish Porridge.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating:

Tags : Scottish Recipes

Oats have long been a staple of the Scottish dinner table, mostly because oats are more tolerant to cold and wet conditions than other grains and therefore grow well in the Scottish climate. Porridge (pronounced 'parritch') is still Scotland's national dish and Burns' words of Porridge as 'chief o Scotia's food' remains true today. It is always made with water and served salted rather than sweetened and should be stirred with a porridge stick (known as a spurtle or theevil).

Ingredients:

8 rounded tbsp medium oatmeal
1.2l water
salt, to taste

Method:

Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan then reduce the heat to a low simmer and sprinkle the oatmeal slowly over the top, stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Raise the heat a little and cook slowly until the mixture returns to a boil.

Reduce to a simmer once more and allow the porridge to cook very slowly for 20 minutes, stirring frequently. About half-way through cooking you should add salt, to taste. Pour into four soup bowls and eat hot.

Traditionally, porridge would be served with a separate bowl of milk and each spoonful of porridge would be dipped in the milk before eating.