Hasty Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Bring salted water to a boil in a double boiler.
Gradually stir in corn meal.
Cook for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Corn meal
- Its starch swells as it cooks, thickening the water into a firm, spoonable pudding.
The step that matters
Gradually stirring in the corn meal. Adding the meal slowly while stirring keeps the starch dispersed so it does not clump. Clumps stay dry inside and make the pudding uneven.
“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.
More cornmeal pudding recipes
You might also like
Tomato Soup526 recipes
Brown Bread461 recipes
Mutton Broth292 recipes
Yorkshire Pudding264 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.