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Recipe of Whipped Semolina Porridge with Berries
List of Ingredients
Instruction
Serving

It could be better if you would taste this dish before reading the recipe. But there is no such driver in computer yet.

So let’s imagine at first.
Almost dessert but could be a breakfast too. Refreshing. Vegan.
Not too sweet, soft and fluffy, a lot of berries (I personally prefer lingonberry for its bitterness).

Whipped Semolina Porridge with Berries or Vispipuuro in Finnish is a northern “pink cloud” dessert porridge made from semolina and sour berries, primarily lingonberries.

It’s essentially semolina porridge in a berry broth with sugar.

After cooking, it’s cooled completely and whisked for a long time with a whisk or mixer – hence the name: vispipuuro, from the Finnish vispilä, meaning “whisk.”

Whisking makes the porridge very light and airy, almost like a mousse. It’s eaten cold, usually with cold milk.

This dish originates in Finland, but is also found in neighboring countries: Norway, Sweden, Estonia, and Latvia – under the names russedessert, klappgröt / vispgröt, mannavaht, and debesmanna.

The recipe’s appearance in printed Finnish cookbooks dates back to the 18th to the early 20th century, but researchers believe the idea of ​​whipped berry semolina was common in peasant cuisine even earlier – as a way to spice up cheap grain porridge with seasonal wild berries.

In Scandinavia, it was an everyday dessert or afternoon snack for children: filling, inexpensive, and a source of vitamins during the long winter. Today, many Finns remember vispipuuro as “kindergarten/school food” and “grandma’s porridge.”

I tried whipped semolina porridge with berries for the first time just recently and I can confidently say: it was love at first sight.

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Whipped semolina porridge with berries

not just for breakfast

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Ingredients

1l water
130 g semolina
140 g sugar
a pinch of salt
200 g frozen lingonberry or berry mix

Method

1. Boil water with sugar and salt in a pan.
   
   

2. Add semolina and berries, cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.

3. Cool completely and just after that whip well with a hand mixer or a stick blender. Serve with fresh berries and milk. Store in the refrigerator.

Serving

Whipped semolina porridge is typically served in a bowl, topped with sugar, oats, nuts, and sometimes a little cream or yogurt.