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Strained Oat Groat Soup

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• water (as needed)
• lemon zest (a little)
• 1 piece cinnamon
• salt (a little)
• 1 tbsp butter
• sugar (to taste)
• toasted croutons or soup macarons (as needed)
• 4 tbsp currants or crushed almonds (optional)

Instructions

1. Bring the rolled oats to a boil with cold water, a little lemon zest, the piece of cinnamon, and a little salt, and cook for fifteen minutes.
2. Strain through a fine sieve, add the butter, and season with sugar.
3. Bring to a boil and serve over toasted croutons or soup macarons.
4. If desired, add washed currants soaked in water or a little finely crushed almonds.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.