Recipe of the Week - Lingonberry Dessert
25 November 2002, 4:43 PM

I haven't shared a recipe in a long while, so here's a new one from the Finnish side of my heritage:

Lingonberry Dessert

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup lingonberry juice concentrate
1/2 cup uncooked cream-of-wheat
1 cup lingonberry preserves
1 cup sugar

In a 1 1/2 to 2 quart saucepan, Bring the water, juice and cream-of-wheat to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the cream-of-wheat is cooked. Stir in the sugar and preserves, reserving a few tablspoons of the preserves.

Using an electric mixer beat the mixture until it is frothy. This may take about 10 minutes on high, and the mixture will increase in size and become rather light and fluffy.

You can serve warm, very soon after cooking or cold, both with milk or whipped cream. Warm it will have a very fluffy texture and cold it will have a slightly jello-ish texture.