Corn Meal
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
In a bowl, mix cornmeal with cold water and salt.
Pour in boiling water, stirring until partially cooked.
Cook and serve
Let it simmer for 30 minutes.
If desired, substitute half of the water with milk.
Pour into serving dishes.
Let stand for a few moments before serving.
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
- Cornmeal
- Forms the thick body of the porridge as its starch swells and sets while cooking.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the cornmeal starch and brings the mixture to cooking temperature quickly.
- Milk
- Adds richness and a softer, creamier texture to the porridge.
The step that matters
Pour in boiling water, stirring until partially cooked.. Stirring while adding boiling water keeps the cornmeal dispersed so it does not clump, and starch gelatinizes as it heats, thickening the porridge evenly.
“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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