Hominy Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the hominy
Pour boiling water over the hominy and let it soak overnight.
Cook and serve
In the morning, add more water if necessary and boil for at least 40 minutes.
Stir in the butter just before serving.
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
- Starch that softens and thickens into the porridge's body as it cooks.
- Butter
- Adds fat that enriches the flavour and gives the porridge a smooth, silky mouthfeel.
The step that matters
Boil for at least 40 minutes. Dried hominy stays firm unless simmered long enough for its starch to gelatinise and the kernels to soften. Stopping early leaves the porridge gritty and undercooked.
“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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