Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
In a saucepan, combine cold water and salt.
Add the washed pearl grist and place on low heat.
Cook and serve
Boil for 20 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent lumps and scorching.
When done, it should be soft and jelly-like in consistency.
Serve hot with butter.
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
- Pearl grist (hominy)
- Its starch swells and softens as it cooks, giving the porridge its body.
The step that matters
Stirring frequently while boiling. Starch settles and sticks to the bottom of the pan as it thickens. Frequent stirring keeps the grains suspended, which prevents lumps forming and scorching on the base.
“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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