Hominy

Mamalyga is a traditional Moldovan and Romanian dish, a kind of thick porridge made from corn flour. The recipe for hominy is very simple, it is an old folk dish, as everyday as bread.

Cook: 50 mins

Serving: 1

Ingredients

• Corn flour – 100 g
• Water – 330 g
• Salt – 3 g (to taste)

Directions

1. Hominy products in front of you.
2. Water is poured into a cauldron, put on fire, brought to a boil.
3. Salt and a little corn flour (20 g) are added to boiling water.
4. While stirring, bring to a boil.

   

5. After the water boils again, pour all the flour in a slide at once.
6. Then divide it in two with a stirrer. Cook over low heat for 30 minutes, covered.
7. Then thoroughly stir all the flour, pressing the mixer to the sides of the pan. If the hominy is liquid, add a little more corn flour, stirring continuously.
8. To determine the degree of readiness of the hominy, a mixer is vertically lowered into the pan and quickly rotated between the palms. If there are no traces of hominy left on the mixer, the dish is ready. Otherwise, hominy should be left on fire.
9. Before putting out hominy, the mass is raked from the sides of the pan to the center with a spoon soaked in water, left for some time on the fire (2-3 minutes).
10. Then the pan is shaken several times and dropped onto the board. The hominy is ready.
11. Cut the hominy with a thin cord or a wooden knife.

    

12. Mamalyga is served with cracklings, fried onions, feta cheese, sauce.

    Enjoy your meal!

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