Hominy - a national traditional dish in Moldova. It entered the use at the end of the 17th century. Cook this corn flour dish. Correctly prepared hominy will be pleasant to you and your family.
To prepare a tasty hominy, it is necessary to have certain knowledge and skills. The amount of water and quality of flour is also of great importance.
Preparation secrets
For preparation of a hominy it is worth taking flour (corn) of a fine crushing. Before it it is necessary to dry it a little in an oven. Then corn flour is sifted through a sieve.
For cooking of a hominy use a cauldron - a pig-iron copper with a thick bottom and walls. In it heat slightly added some salt water. After it begins to boil, it is possible to fill up corn flour. Standard ratio of ingredients: on 3 glasses of water take 1 glass of flour. To avoid balling, in the center of a cauldron put a wooden rolling pin (scapula, the mixer). It is necessary to cook a hominy within 30 minutes on slow fire. At the same time it it is regularly necessary to stir slowly, pressing a rolling pin to cauldron walls. Then fire is reduced by a minimum and left to be cooked longer (10-15 minutes). To learn readiness of a dish, the rolling pin is lowered vertically and begin to rotate quickly it palms. The hominy is ready if porridge doesn't stick to a wooden rolling pin. After that, having moistened a spoon in water, it is separated from cauldron walls. Having stirred up capacity several times, porridge is overturned on a clean cloth or a cutting board. Correctly prepared hominy doesn't collapse on a dish and keeps a cauldron outline in accuracy. Before giving of a dish to a table the hominy is knifed on pieces wooden or a thick thread. It is given with garlic, eggs, milk or brynza. Quite often from a hominy train Urse (balls). On 2 l of water 400 g of corn flour, 1 glass of grated brynza, 1 teaspoon of salt are required. The middle of each ball is filled with brynza. After that they are worn out in sol. Before giving on a table the dish is decorated with greens and flavored with milk.