Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the hominy in several waters.
Soak the hominy in boiling water to cover for 10–12 hours.
Cook
In a saucepan, combine the soaked hominy with 1 quart of water and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer gently for 4 hours until very tender.
Finish
Drain off all the water and toss the hominy over the heat for 1 minute to dry.
Add 2 ounces of butter in small pieces and season with salt to taste.
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
- Hominy
- Forms the main body of the dish and becomes tender through long simmering.
- Butter
- Adds richness and moisture to the finished hominy.
The step that matters
Simmer gently until very tender. Hominy has a tough, dense kernel that only softens after a long, gentle simmer. Boiling hard can break the kernels apart and leave the centers firm, so keep the heat low and the liquid just moving.
“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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