Recipe byThe ZestyPlate Kitchen
Jamaican cornmeal porridge: a creamy, coconut-rich breakfast warmed with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice and sweetened with condensed milk.
Jamaican cornmeal porridge is the breakfast you want on a cold, slow morning: silky cornmeal cooked down with coconut milk and warmed with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. A little condensed milk sweetens it and makes it feel like a treat. It's the kind of bowl that keeps you going well past the rush.
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Prep 5 min
Cook 25 min
Total 30 min
Easy
Scale:
- 4 cups Water
- 380g Coconut Milk
- 1 cup Fine Yellow Cornmeal
- 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Ground Allspice
- 1/2 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
Preparation
- Pour 2½ cups water and the coconut milk into a 4-quart heavy-bottomed pot and bring to the boil over medium-high heat.
- While that heats, whisk the cornmeal with 1½ cups water in a large jug until smooth.
- Once the pot boils, whisk in the cornmeal mixture and keep whisking for about a minute to head off any lumps, then turn the heat to low and cover with a tight-fitting lid.
- Cook over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring now and then. With about 5 minutes to go, stir in the vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
- Take it off the heat, sweeten with the condensed milk, and serve.
Tips from the ZestyPlate Kitchen
- Whisk the cornmeal into cold water first so it doesn't go lumpy when it hits the hot pot.
- Keep whisking for the first minute after it goes in, then drop the heat right down and let it cook slowly for a smooth, creamy finish.
- Hold the spices back until near the end so their aroma stays fresh.
- Loosen it with extra liquid if it gets too thick; it firms up as it cooks and again as it cools.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whisk the cornmeal into cold water until smooth before adding it to the boiling liquid, then keep whisking hard for the first minute or so.
Yes. Cut back the condensed milk, or leave it out, and sweeten to taste with a little sugar, honey or extra coconut milk.
Cornmeal porridge thickens as it sits. Loosen it with a splash of warm water, milk or coconut milk and stir it back to creamy.
Yes. Use all coconut milk and sweeten with sugar, condensed coconut milk or maple syrup in place of the dairy condensed milk.
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