To Boil Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a kettle half full of hominy.
Cover the hominy with water, nearly filling the kettle to the top.
Add a handful of coarse sea salt.
Boil over moderate heat for at least one hour, stirring constantly to prevent scorching.
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
- Is the main ingredient, cooked by boiling until it softens.
The step that matters
Boil over moderate heat for at least one hour, stirring constantly. Hominy can scorch on the bottom of the pot during a long boil. Constant stirring and moderate heat keep it from sticking and burning while the kernels soften through.
“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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