Hominy and Milk
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the hominy in two or three waters like rice.
In a pot, combine the hominy and water.
Cook
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Cook slowly for an additional 45 minutes, adding salt to the water before the grain.
If the mixture is too thin, uncover and boil until it thickens to the consistency of hasty pudding.
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
- Fine hominy
- Provides the main body of the porridge as its starch gelatinises during long simmering.
- Water
- Hydrates the hominy so it softens and thickens into a porridge during cooking.
The step that matters
Cook slowly until the starch has softened. Simmering gently lets the hominy's starch swell and soften evenly. Boiling hard can scorch the bottom or leave grains firm, and the mixture thickens only as the cooking continues.
“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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