To Boil Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the hominy in cold water overnight.
In the morning, wash the hominy and place it in a pot with cold water.
Cook and serve
Boil for 1.5 hours, stirring often.
When done, sprinkle with coarse sea salt and let it stand uncovered for a few minutes.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- White hominy
- Is the main starch; softening during long boiling turns the dried kernels tender and chewy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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