Cooking with grains in your kitchen doesn’t have to be hard. Cooking steel cut oats can help you to find new and interesting recipes
to expand your repertoire. Steel cut oats are simply oats that have been
cut into smaller pieces by steel blades rather than having been rolled
and crushed. This gives them a similar look and texture to rice, and the
cooking time tends to be similar, around 20 minutes. They will give
your food a chewier consistency, and a nutty flavor similar to woodland
mushrooms.
The usual answer to what are whole grains best for is
their impact on your health. Cooking steal cut oats will help you to
lower your glycemic index. The glycemic index measures how carbohydrate
rich foods affect your blood sugar levels. Foods that score highly on
the index will give you a big blood sugar surge as the carbohydrates are
broken down quickly. Steel cut oats score lower than most foods, as
well as rolled oats, meaning that they release their energy much more
slowly, which makes them ideal for a large breakfast that will keep you
going till lunch. This slow release can also help to reduce the risk of
heart disease, high blood pressure and strokes.
You may be wondering what are steel cut oats used for and
whether they are worth the extra cooking time compared to rolled oats.
Both questions can be answered by looking at some simple ideas for
cooking steal cut oat quickly and efficiently:
Cooking steel cut oat recipes tend to take the form of oatmeal or flapjacks. However, for a little twist, try this healthy desert:
1. Bring the water to the boil over a high heat. Add the steel cut oats and salt and mix well.
2. After a minute, reduce the heat to medium low, and simmer the mixture for half an hour. Keep stirring to avoid sticking the oats to the pan, and don’t be afraid to add more water if it seems to be getting dry. This is one of the dangers of cooking steal cut oats.
3. The mixture will start to become quite thick at this point, so add the milk and a teaspoon of the vanilla extract. Cook for an extra 10 minutes
4. To get the bruleed effect, put the mixture into small ramekins and cover with your choice of toppings and brown sugar. Either use a brulee torch, or if you don’t own one, grill them under the highest possible heat for a couple of minutes.
Combine water and beef drippings; add oatmeal, soda and salt.
Work mixture to a stiff dough; roll on surface sprinkled with oatmeal to very thin.
Cut with biscuit cutter; place a few at a time on a hot lightly greased griddle.
Cook until the edges curl about 3 minutes; do not turn over.
Place rounds on a cookie sheet; place under broiler until tops brown slightly.
So you see cooking steel cut oats can be a delicious desert not just a meal. Remember if your planning on cooking steel cut oats soak all night to make the cooking time shorter.
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