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PORRADA O CEBADA

It is called porrada when prepared with leeks and cebadía when prepared with onions.

In the proceedings of the Inquisition trials against the last Cathars, a declarant explains that he heard heretical fugitives hiding there speaking in Occitan about porrada.

 

Ingredients (for 4 people):

 

  • 2 onions
  • 1 bunch of leeks
  • 300 g of raw almonds
  • 1 l of water or vegetable or fish broth (the "carnivorous" version can be with meat broth)
  • Oil, salt and pepper

 Preparation:

 

Clean, chop and mix the almonds with the water or broth. Let the mixture sit overnight. Strain it and your almond milk is ready.

 

Sauté the onions and/or leeks, clean and not too thickly cut. Add the almond milk and let it boil. If you want, you can put it through a blender. You can also thicken the cream with a little rice starch dissolved in water. Adjust the salt and pepper. Finally, if you want, you can sneak it.