Boiled Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Soak
Soak the hominy in water overnight with salt to taste.
In the morning, transfer the hominy to a quart pail.
Cook
Place the pail in a kettle of boiling water, cover tightly, and steam for 1 hour.
Add the sweet milk and boil for 15 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Fine hominy
- Forms the main body of the dish, softening and thickening as it cooks.
- Sweet milk
- Adds richness and a softer, creamier texture as it boils with the hominy.
The step that matters
Steaming the hominy in a covered pail. Sealing the lid keeps steam around the hominy so it cooks gently and stays moist. If the lid is loose or the kettle boils dry, the hominy can dry out and cook unevenly.
“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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