Long before the whole-grain fashion began I was exploring ways to eat nutritious food for pennies and in minutes, and subsist on a low-low budget. Oats and all their possibilities were, as they still are, at the top of my list.
Chocolate Oats Pots De Creme
Servings
Ingredients
- 3 cup milk or dairy-free milk low fat OK
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup maple syrup or agave or a little more to taste (wait till you taste the finished dessert before adding)
- 2 tablespoon instant coffee powder
- 3 tablespoon rum or brandy
- 1 cup coconut milk
Instructions
- Bring all ingredients to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce the temperature to medium low and cook covered for about 20 minutes. Thin with a little more milk if you like it a little looser. Pour into a bowl, or a dozen individuals bowls and chill.
This is the treat of my lean years. Never got tired of it. Au contraire! I take it places: Breakfast, soup, side dish, fritters, dessert. There’s nothing I don’t do with oats. Even mudpack and hair rinse (these I don’t eat, don’t worry!) xoxoxo
Levana you are AWESOME!!! this did not disappoint – made it for breakfast this AM with agave, left out the “rum or brandy” just cause and it was still fantastic! I did low fat milk with the coconut milk and was simply divine. I didn’t add extra sweetener at the end bc had it for breakfast and wasn’t in the mood for super sweet. Thanks so much for a great recipe! I loved it!
Yes Ahuva: correct! Recipe is tried and true: enjoy, and don’t hesitate to make it pareve by using soy, rice or almond milk
milk and coconut milk?
Ha! Amy this is the whole beauty: It is anything you want it to be: Delicious enough to be a dessert, nutritious enough to be breakfast. This is only one of my “convertibles”! wait till you see my new cookbook: Just read the blurb I wrote on this subject first http://www.levanacooks.com/my-new-cookbook-new-reprint-very-soon-please-g-d/
Is this a dessert? Breakfast? Both?