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Buckwheat Groat Soup with Milk

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup buckwheat groats
• water (as needed)
• butter (a little)
• 1 l milk
• salt (a little)

Instructions

1. Rinse the buckwheat groats several times with hot, then with cold water, until the water runs clear.
2. Bring to a boil with cold water, add a little butter, and cook slowly until soft, but not too stiff.
3. Pour in a little milk and stir the groats well.
4. Bring the remaining milk to a boil, pour in the groats, and after a short further cooking, season with salt.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.