Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the hominy in several waters and rub it between your hands, discarding any floating grains.
Pour off the water and place the hominy in a basin with 1 quart of water, covering it with a cloth to soak overnight.
Cook and serve
The next day, transfer the soaked hominy to an enamelled stew-pan, add 1 teaspoon of salt, and simmer gently over low heat for about 1 hour, ensuring it does not burn.
Stir well and adjust the flavor with sugar or salt, serving it with cold milk or a little 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
- Hominy
- Soaking softens the dried grains, and simmering lets them swell and turn tender throughout.
The step that matters
Simmering gently over low heat. Hominy can stick and scorch on the base of the pan if the heat is too high. Gentle, low heat lets the grains cook through evenly and keeps the flavor clean.
“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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