Description
Ina Garten’s overnight Irish oatmeal brings hearty comfort to breakfast tables with creamy steel-cut oats. Warm spices and sweet dried fruits create a nourishing morning meal you’ll savor with pure satisfaction.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 cups / 1.4 liters water
- 1.5 cups / 240 grams steel-cut oats (McCann’s)
- 2 tsps kosher salt
- Chopped salted nuts (almonds, cashews)
- Dried cranberries or raisins
- Whole milk
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Maple syrup
Instructions
- Preparation: Merge rolled oats, kosher salt, and cool filtered water in a spacious saucepan, ensuring uniform ingredient distribution.
- Heating Process: Elevate saucepan to medium-high heat, stirring intermittently until mixture reaches a vigorous boil, preventing oat adherence to pan bottom.
- Simmering Stage: Immediately reduce heat to low, allowing oatmeal to gently simmer for 2 minutes while maintaining a smooth, consistent texture.
- Resting Phase: Remove from heat, secure with a tight-fitting lid, and let oatmeal rest at room temperature for 2 hours, facilitating moisture absorption and developing a creamy consistency.
- Overnight Infusion: Refrigerate the covered saucepan overnight, enabling flavor development and textural refinement.
- Morning Revival: Return oatmeal to stovetop, gently reheating on low heat and adjusting consistency with additional water if needed.
- Serving and Garnishing: Transfer warm oatmeal to serving bowls and embellish with an artful combination of chopped almonds, dried cranberries, raisins, whole milk, unsalted butter, brown sugar, and pure maple syrup to elevate the culinary experience.
Notes
- Optimize Oat Quality: Use rolled oats for the best texture and absorption, ensuring a creamy and smooth final consistency.
- Temperature Control Matters: Maintain low heat when simmering to prevent burning and achieve a perfect, even cooking process.
- Resting Time is Crucial: Allow oats to sit at room temperature and overnight in the refrigerator to develop rich, deep flavors and ideal thickness.
- Customize Your Comfort: Experiment with various toppings to transform this basic recipe into a personalized, nutritious breakfast experience.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Irish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 480 mg
- Fat: 2 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg