Carrots and Oatmeal

Orcadian oatmeal soup

Preparation info
  • 6–8

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Broths to Bannocks: Cooking in Scotland 1690 to the Present Day

By Catherine Brown

Published 1990

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Ingredients

  • 2 oz (50 g, ½ stick) butter (Orkney butter if you can get it)

Method

Sweating the Vegetables

Melt the butter in a pot and add the vegetables, but only the white of the leek. Sweat without colouring for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the oatmeal and mix in. Cook for another few minutes.

Cooking

Add the water or stock and bring slowly to a gentle simmer. Cook t