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Prunelle Soup

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup oat groats
• water (plenty)
• salt (a little)
• 1 cup prunelles (dried plums), cut into strips
• lemon slices (a few)
• 1 piece cinnamon
• sugar (to taste)

Instructions

1. Cook the oat groats with plenty of water and salt until soft, then strain through a sieve.
2. Add the prunelles cut into strips, a few lemon slices, the cinnamon stick, sugar, and salt, and cook the soup until the prunelles are soft.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.