Morning Oatmeal With Cherries and Pistachios
Updated Aug. 12, 2024
- Total Time
- 15 minutes, plus brining overnight
- Cook Time
- 5 minutes
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Ingredients
- ½cup steel-cut oatmeal, preferably the quick-cooking variety
- Salt to taste
- 1½cups water
- 1 to 2teaspoons honey, brown sugar or agave nectar
- 1 to 2tablespoons pistachios, lightly toasted
- 3ounces cherries 12 to 14, depending on the size, pitted and halved
- Milk or almond beverage as desired
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Preparation
- Step 1
The night before you plan to make this dish, place the oatmeal in a large microwave-safe bowl or in a saucepan with the salt. Bring the water to a boil, and pour over the oatmeal. Cover tightly and leave overnight.
- Step 2
In the morning, stir in the honey, pistachios and cherries. Cover and microwave three to five minutes, or simmer for 10 minutes or so until the oatmeal has absorbed the liquid remaining in the bowl. Stir in milk or almond beverage as desired.
- Advance preparation: I like to have this oatmeal cooked and ready in the refrigerator to reheat before I leave in the morning. It will keep there for three days.
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Bettina: We live in Central Florida, and we leave the oatmeal out overnight. We cook the oatmeal on a cast iron diffuser over that stove's gas burner. We boil the water, stir in the oatmeal, let it cock for four minutes, turn off the gas, cover the pan, and let it slowly cook as the diffuser cools down. In the morning, we reheat, adding more water as needed. We typically make four servings, place the leftovers in the refrigerator, and reheat in the microwave.
You can also cook steel cut oatmeal in a rice cooker. If you set it for morning, you'll wake up to fresh oatmeal.
This was so great! I had some fresh cherries too past-their-prime to eat as-is. I used the method for Genevieve Ko's Overnight Oats (also on NYT Cooking) but subbed the cherries for Ms Ko's dried fruit. As I used milk, I put the oatmeal in the fridge over night. In the morning I added the pistachios, and was so glad I'd doubled everything because then I could have it right away again for lunch! Mmm! And so easy.
I used the recipe as inspiration for oatmeal cooked in the Instant Pot (8 minutes, without the overnight soak). I use the suggestion of ½ teaspoon almond extract (very good!) I mistakenly cooked the cherries with the oatmeal the first time. They lost flavor. They can be stirred in at the end.
I saved this recipe for the cooking method, and it came out perfectly. Didn’t use the cherries or pistachios as did not have those items. Added raisins for some sweetness during cooking and a little milk and cinnamon. Perfect!
This works. Go heavier on good maple syrup and top the oats with a little extra of the milk (I use oat milk). Dates and golden raisins are my only mix ins. Refrigerate in smaller mason jars-I double the recipe and can make 6 small jars. Top with fresh fruit in the morning.
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