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120 g quinoa (dry), rinsed well
450 ml reduced-fat milk (463 g)
200 ml water (200 g)
2 bananas, peeled (240 g)
30 g almonds, roughly chopped
2 g ground cinnamon
0.5 g iodised table salt
Method
Rinse the quinoa in a fine sieve under cold water for a good thirty seconds. Unrinsed quinoa tastes soapy and nothing else covers it.
Put the quinoa, milk, water, cinnamon and salt in a pan and bring to a bare simmer. Keep it low: milk catches the moment it boils properly.
Cook 18-20 minutes, stirring every few minutes and scraping the base, until the grains have uncurled into spirals and the liquid has thickened around them.
Mash one banana to a purée and stir it through off the heat.
Slice the second banana. Spoon into bowls, top with it and the almonds.
Safety and storage
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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Quinoa cooked in milk until the grains uncurl, with banana mashed in and almonds on top.
Ingredients
120 g quinoa (dry), rinsed well
450 ml reduced-fat milk (463 g)
200 ml water (200 g)
2 bananas, peeled (240 g)
30 g almonds, roughly chopped
2 g ground cinnamon
0.5 g iodised table salt
Approximate per serving
2196 kJ / 524.8 kcal · protein 20.1 g · carbohydrate 71.2 g · fibre 12 g · fat 14.5 g · sodium 186.1 mg
Method
Rinse the quinoa in a fine sieve under cold water for a good thirty seconds. Unrinsed quinoa tastes soapy and nothing else covers it.
Put the quinoa, milk, water, cinnamon and salt in a pan and bring to a bare simmer. Keep it low: milk catches the moment it boils properly.
Cook 18-20 minutes, stirring every few minutes and scraping the base, until the grains have uncurled into spirals and the liquid has thickened around them.
Mash one banana to a purée and stir it through off the heat.
Slice the second banana. Spoon into bowls, top with it and the almonds.
Safety and storage
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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