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To celebrate, we have some gorgeous recipes from our National Porridge Week ambassador, Eunice Power.

First up is Eunice’s Hot Porridge with Cranberry, Apple & Orange Compote 🍎🍊

Bring a little early festive colour to the breakfast table with a steaming bowl of creamy Flahavan’s porridge topped with cranberry, apple and orange compote. Sweet, tart and gently citrusy, it’s a lovely way to brighten the cooler mornings ahead.

Serves 2

Porridge Ingredients:
• 100g Flahavan’s Rolled Oats
• 300ml Flahavan’s Vitamin Rich Oat Drink
• 150ml water
• 1 crisp apple, coarsely grated
• 40g dried cranberries
• Zest of ½ orange
• 2–3 tbsp fresh orange juice
• 1–2 tsp honey, to taste
• 1 tsp (5g) butter
• Pinch of salt
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 2 tbsp chopped walnuts or pecans

Compote:
• 250g apple, peeled, cored and chopped
• 100g frozen cranberries
• Juice of 1 orange (roughly 60–80ml)
• 20–25g sugar (about 1½–2 tbsp)
• 2–3 tbsp water
• Optional: a small pinch of cinnamon

Method
1. To make the compote, add the apple, cranberries, orange juice, 20g sugar and 2 tbsp of water to a small saucepan.
2. Bring gently to a simmer, cover & cook over a low-medium heat for 12–15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apple is completely soft & the cranberries have burst.
3. Taste and adjust the sweetness with additional sugar if needed.
4. Remove from the heat, allow to cool for a few minutes, then blitz until smooth using a stick blender. If it’s thicker than you’d like, blitz in an extra tablespoon or two of water or orange juice.
5. Once cooled, refrigerate until needed.
6. To make the porridge, add the rolled oats, oat drink, water, grated apple, dried cranberries, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg & salt to a saucepan.
7. Cook for 5–7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and creamy.
8. Add the orange zest and juice & cook for another 30–60 seconds.
9. Remove from the heat & stir through the butter and honey until melted.
10. Swirl compote through the hot porridge, sprinkle with chopped walnuts or pecans.

Enjoy!