Buckwheat porridge with coconut milk and pear
Buckwheat as a dessert: creamy, gently sweet, dairy-free and gluten-free.
⏱ 20 min · serves 1 · Lithuanian home cooking · Not spicy at all
445kcal
13 gprotein
68 gcarbs
18 gfat
11 gfibre
Per serving, out of 1. Worked out from the grams of each ingredient using a food database – so it's approximate.
Allergens: none of the 14 EU allergens · may contain traces of gluten (check the labels)
Ingredients (serves 1)
- Buckwheat (dry)60 g
- Coconut milk (tinned)50 g
- Pear150 g
- Hemp seeds (hulled)10 g
Also: Water, cinnamon, cardamom, a pinch of salt
Method
- Rinse the buckwheat (60 g) in cold water. Wash the pear, core it and cut into wedges.
- Bring 150 ml water with a pinch of salt to the boil in a pan over high heat and add the buckwheat. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 min, until it has absorbed the water.
- Stir in 50 g coconut milk, cinnamon and cardamom. Warm through over low heat for 1–2 min, stirring.
- Spoon the porridge into a bowl, top with the pear wedges and sprinkle with 10 g hemp seeds.
Tips
- Cook the buckwheat the night before – in the morning just warm it up with the coconut milk.
- Coeliac? Choose buckwheat labelled ‘gluten-free’.
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