Skipping your morning breakfasts because porridge sounds boring? Well, not anymore! Jazz up your morning by preparing this deliciously creamy and dreamy Fig and Mascarpone Oat Porridge! A recipe with oats, autumn fruit Figs, nuts, herbs and mascarpone, a well-balanced breakfast that will help you keep full and energised until the lunchtime.
In our family, we prefer having seasonal veg and fruit, when they are in the season and abundantly available. Currently, our markets and shops are filled with figs, fresh and tender, just how we like.  We adore figs, they appear for a very short season so while they are in the market, they come in our home too. We eat raw, we bake them, we marinate them. Add them in the yoghurt bowl, in the salad or eat it with Mascarpone as a dessert.
When your fridge is full of figs, you try to stretch your imagination and the next day wake up a little early and prepare this perfect autumn breakfast, a creamy tasting porridge, topped with roasted figs and rosemary and pistachio.
If you are looking for a comforting, nutritious and filling breakfast recipe, you are on the right page.
WHAT IS PORRIDGE
Basically, porridge is healthy, filling and cooked hot breakfast dish that is prepared with any grains such as Oats, corn or even rice. It is thick and creamy and can be cooked with milk or just water too or half milk and half water. Once it comes to dressing the porridge, it is extremely personal. Autumn and the winter is the best time to enjoy porridge when mornings are still dark outside and the rain is lashing the windows, and you want to warm up your inner soul too.
WHAT TYPE OF OATS DO I NEED FOR THE PORRIDGE
It depends on your personal choice, Rolled oats, Steel Cut oats, jumbo or Instant. Only the difference will be in cooking time and texture. Rolled and Jumbo oats give really chunky texture, Stell cut oats are creamy, delicious with little of bite in it, whereas instants give very smooth and creamy texture and require less cooking time.
WHAT CAN I USE FOR PORRIDGE TOPPINGS
Here you are spoilt for choice, literally anything to everything, it just depends on your mood and availability of ingredients. Usually, most of the people like to top it up their porridge with a sweetener such as sugar, honey, agave or maple syrup, but you can jazz up your porridge with so many different other ingredients such as fresh fruit, frozen fruit, fruit compote or roasted fruit. Also add delicious nutty crunch by topping it up with seeds and nuts, or nut butter. Nowadays cacao nibs have become a favourite topping too.
WHAT DO I NEED TO MAKE FIG AND MASCARPONE OAT PORRIDGE
The title says all, surely main ingredients are Fresh figs, Mascarpone cheese and oats. Once you got these ingredients to look out for some dark sugar, cinnamon powder, fresh rosemary and sliced pistachios. Oh yes and milk. It can be dairy milk, vegan choose alternative and use raw sugar and voila..you are all set for a wholesome breakfast
THE CONTROVERSIAL DEBATE ABOUT THE FIGS
Some say it's not suitable for vegetarians and vegan, other say it's completely okay to eat figs if you are vegetarian or vegan. Read both sides of the debate on google and what you feel is right 🙂
Fig and Mascarpone Oat Porridge
ingredients
3 tablespoon mascarpone cheese
Meghna. says
My whole family loves oats porridge, simple, healthy, tasty and a perfect bowl of warm breakfast to jump start the day. I love the addition of figs here, figs are one of my fav. fruit. Your porridge looks perfect.
Gloria | Homemade & Yummy says
I love fresh figs, and try to buy them when I see them in the grocery store. What delicious way to start the day.
Lathiya says
The porridge looks scrumptious...I can’t say no definitely to this delicious breakfast...I’m curious to know why the figs are in discussion point of vegetarian or not?
cookwithrenu says
Wow roasted figs in porridge sounds yum...I don't like porridge much, but the way you have described it wants me to have some now.
Girl Heart Food says
What a beautiful way to start the day! I just love fresh figs and wish we had them around here more often...a real treat for sure 🙂
code2cook says
perfect mroning breakfast with such a delicious oats and figs. Love the addition of mascarpone cheese in this. great share.
Poonam Bachhav says
Looking at your porridge and the flavorful ingredients in it, renew the fussy eaters won't mind having porridge .
Soma Mukherjee says
Adding mascarpone and figs to a simple oats porridge surely makes breakfast option so jazzed up who can say no to these lovely bowlful of goodness best way to start your day for sure.
JollyHomemadeRecipes says
The porridge is my personal favourite breakfast. It looks absolutely delectable. I love your version and the simplified instructions.
Shobha says
This is such a lovely porridge preparation.. actually can be served as a dessert also.
Vanitha says
Yumm!! Looks good enough to enjoy as a dessert too! Figs look so beautiful! Our neighbor in India always gives us so many fresh figs from his garden; I must try this the next time we get some! Fabulous share!
Pavani says
The porridge is my hubby's favourite one. It looks so colourful and tempting. Soon I will try this one.
Freda says
This porridge is certainly not boring! With mascarpone cream and roasted figs, I'd happily eat that 🙂
Indfused says
Jagruti,
I would wake up early for this breakfast! How much mascarpone do you generally add? My husband and daughter both love figs so I will make this for sure.
jcookingodyssey says
Ah Sandhya, thanks for reminding me, totally forgot to put mascarpone in the ingredients. I added 1 tbsp per person.
Ruchi's Veg Kitchen says
Gorgeous captures. Since childhood I have some prejudice for fresh figs but looking at your post , feeling like trying it soon. Amazing share