Apple porridge with the Thermomix® solves the biggest breakfast problem: it is ready in 10 minutes, with no chopping of apples and no stirring at the hob. The Thermomix® chops the apples and cooks the porridge in a single run.
We make porridge at least three times a week. The apple goes in whole, is chopped, and releases its sweetness during cooking. That saves added sugar and gives the porridge structure.
Apple Porridge with the Thermomix®
Ingredients 0 / 6 ✓
- 2 apples
- 40 g almonds
- 80 g rolled oats
- 300 g semi-skimmed milk
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp cinnamon for sprinkling
Instructions 0 / 3
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Chop apples and almonds.
Wash and quarter the apples (remove the core), place in the mixing bowl with the almonds and chop for 5 sec / speed 8.
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Simmer the porridge.
Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 7 min / 90°C / speed 1.
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Serve the porridge.
Serve sprinkled with cinnamon.
Tip: Vary your apple porridge week by week. You can use pears, bananas, strawberries and other seasonal fruit. Season your porridge with cinnamon to taste.
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Why chop the apples first, then simmer
Most porridge recipes call for pre-sliced apples or apple sauce. Both take time or taste too sweet. We add the apples washed and quartered to the mixing bowl and chop them for 5 seconds at speed 8. The pieces stay large enough not to turn to mush during cooking, but small enough to release their flavour quickly.
The second step cooks everything at 90°C on speed 1 for 7 minutes. The low speed prevents splashes, and the temperature is enough to soften the oats and cook the apple through. The result is a creamy porridge with tender apple pieces.
Almonds as a texture anchor
The 40 g of almonds are chopped together with the apples. They give the porridge a nutty note and add fat that makes the oats creamier. Without almonds the porridge tastes flatter and has a drier texture. If you do not like almonds, walnuts or hazelnuts work just as well.
Semi-skimmed milk is perfectly fine
We use semi-skimmed milk because the almonds already provide fat. Whole milk would make the porridge heavier without any noticeable benefit to the flavour. If you use plant-based milk, make sure it is unsweetened. Oat milk works well because it reinforces the oat base. Almond milk makes the porridge nuttier.
Honey instead of sugar: just 1 tablespoon
The apple brings its own fructose, and the honey rounds things off. 1 tablespoon is enough for 2 servings. More would mask the apple sweetness. If you do not want honey, use maple syrup or leave out the sweetener entirely. The porridge also works as a savoury bowl, simply omit the honey and cinnamon and add a pinch of salt instead.
Add cinnamon at the very end
We sprinkle the cinnamon over the finished porridge rather than adding it to the mixing bowl. Cinnamon loses its aroma when simmered and can turn bitter. Sprinkled on fresh, it stays intense and smells better. 2 teaspoons sounds like a lot, but cinnamon and apple go together the way salt goes with meat. If you have Ceylon cinnamon, use that. It tastes more delicate than cassia cinnamon and contains less coumarin.
Other fruit: pear goes softer, banana goes sweeter
Apple is the base, but the recipe works with almost any fruit. Pear goes softer and sweeter, banana makes the porridge denser and needs no honey. Berries work too, but they should be frozen. Fresh berries turn to mush when simmered. Frozen berries hold their shape better and cool the porridge down slightly.
Keeps for one day in the fridge
Goes well with: yoghurt, honey and nuts.
Also worth trying: Low Carb Waffles with Quark, Thermomix®.
You can cook the porridge the evening before and eat it cold or reheated the next morning. It firms up in the fridge as the oats continue to absorb liquid. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of milk when reheating to make it creamy again. Storing it for longer than one day is not worth it. The apple oxidises and the flavour goes flat.
More Thermomix® breakfast ideas: Overnight Oats, Bircher Muesli, Smoothie Bowl.
