#mannapuuro

It sounds that the German version is similar, but we add salt in it and eat it either with a piece of butter or typically with a berry soup of some sort. Berry soups are easy to make, too, so I'll add a recipe here for a Finnish Berry Soup (Kiisseli).

Mannapuuro

1 liter of fatty milk 1,5 deciliter semolina spoonful or so butter to prevent the milk from burning Salt for taste

Bring the milk to boil and mix butter in it. Add semolina slowly little by little while whisking strongly. Semolina gets easily clumpy. Boil for 8-10 minutes while mixing often because the milk burns easily Add salt for taste TIP: If you leave the porridge to set, it will thicken as it cools down.

Kiisseli Berry Soup for Mannapuuro from strawberries (but any berries will do) You can use fresh or frozen berries. This recipe is for 4 small portions. ANY berries (or fruits!) will do, and you can even mix them together. Try to make this from oranges ;3c

500 grams strawberries 1,5 deciliter water 5 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons corn starch (or any other starch) 2 tablespoons cold water

Bring water to boil and add strawberries. For fresh strawberries (remove the green stem!) boil for 2-3 minutes. For frozen, boil until they’ve melted, and after that for those 2-3 extra minutes. Add sugar and mix. Mix corn starch with the 2 tablespoons of cold water. Mix well. Add cornstarch water into the berry soup while mixing the soup. Mix well. Boil the soup for 1 minute and taste if it needs more sugar or not.

If you don't like clumpy berries in your soup, you can mix it smooth with a hand blander or in a blender. Or just drain the soup and throw the berries away. IF you need to throw berries or fruit leftovers away from your kiisseli, drain it first and THEN add cornstarch! Potato starch works, too. If you want to have berry soup with the semolina porridge, let the soup cool down. Warm porridge + cold berry soup = NOM!

--- You can eat both the semolina porridge and the berry soup warm or cold, and also separate. Warm berry soup is fantastic! Especially warm blueberry soup with rye bread! If you want a blueberry soup, just add blueberries instead of strawberries. The amount of berries (or fruits!) is always the same 500 grams.