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Want a delicious, creative way to use fermented oats? This is tasty, easy and it keeps really well in the fridge or freezer. Eat slices hot and fresh, cut a chunk off from the leftovers as a quick snack, and then fry up some slabs for supper!
If you want extra help fermenting your oats, check out my video here.
Instructions
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups water
- 30g or about 1 ounce of sourdough starter (or equivalent of any live bacteria/yeast starter such as kefir, yogurt, or sauerkraut juice)
- 1 large or 2 small onion/s
- 100g or about 3.5 ounces of bacon
- 150g or about 5.25 ounces hard, aged cheese (such as parmesan or strong cheddar)
- 6 eggs [We recommend pasture-raised, preferably soy and corn free]
- Generous grinds of pepper plus any particular herb/spice you would like to add (get creative here – I like marjoram or rosemary or sage)
Ingredients
- In a large bowl, stir the sourdough starter (or equivalent) into the water.
- Pour in the rolled oats, stir and leave to soak overnight on the kitchen worktop.
- Next morning, dice the onion and bacon and grate the cheese.
- Add the onion, bacon and 100g of the cheese (reserving 50g) to the oat/water mixture.
- Break the eggs into a separate bowl and whisk lightly with a fork.
- Add the eggs to the oat mixture and season with pepper and your chose herbs/spices, stir well.
- Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish and top with the remaining grated cheese.
- Bake at 180C for 35-45 minutes, raising the temperature towards the end if it needs further browning.
It didn’t say to brown the bacon first, but I don’t see how it will turn out well by cooking raw bacon in oatmeal.
Hi Carol. The bacon is diced into small pieces and then cooked for 35-40 minutes. It comes out well cooked. But if you are worried do brown it first.
Sounds delicious! Is the bacon uncooked when you mix it in? What size baking dish?
Thanks
Alison Kay responded below “Hi Kathy. The bacon is uncooked, yes. My baking dish is oval, around 11 inches by 8 inches as its widest.”
The picture is confusing. Looks like a baguette with some toppings.
Is this a picture of something else?
Hi Loni. The picture is the oat bake sliced and placed on its side on a plate. You can see another picture of the bake whole here: https://ancestralkitchen.com/2022/07/29/fermented-oat-bake/
Hi Kathy. The bacon is uncooked, yes. My baking dish is oval, around 11 inches by 8 inches as its widest.
I made this without the bacon using pork fat! Unbelievably delicious!
Sorry, I am a newbie…how do I get the sourdough starter? Thank you!
I love this recipe