Boiled Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the fine hominy in 3 cups of water.
Cover tightly and steam for 1 hour.
Add 1 cup of sweet milk and boil for 15 minutes, stirring the milk in.
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
- Forms the body of the dish as its starch softens during soaking and steaming.
- Sweet milk
- Adds richness and a mild sweetness, and softens the texture as it boils in.
The step that matters
Stirring the milk in during the boil. Milk contains proteins and sugars that can scorch or stick to the bottom of the pot when heated for a long time. Stirring it in keeps it evenly distributed and prevents burning while the hominy thickens.
“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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