Hominy Mush
Ingredients
Directions
Combine hominy, boiling water, and salt in a double boiler.
Cook for 2 to 3 hours, depending on the size of the hominy.
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
- Provides the corn base that softens and thickens into the mush's body.
The step that matters
Long, gentle cooking in a double boiler. Hominy is tough until fully hydrated and softened, so cooking it slowly in a double boiler gives even heat that softens the grains without scorching them. Cooking too hot can stick or burn, while stopping early leaves the grains firm.
“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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