Snack · 120 min · brazilian

Canjica (Hominy Corn Pudding)

Hominy does the heavy lifting here, with milk rounding it out. A Brazilian snack that takes 120 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 cups Hominy
• 3 cups Milk
• 1 cup Coconut milk
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 4 Cloves
• 0.5 tsp Salt

Steps

1. Soak the hominy overnight — the big, chewy kernels need a head start, or you will be cooking until tomorrow.
2. Simmer the drained hominy in fresh water for 60 to 90 minutes, until the kernels are completely tender and starting to split. Drain.
3. Return the hominy to the pot with the milk, coconut milk, sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and salt.
4. Simmer gently 30 minutes, stirring often, until the liquid thickens into a creamy, porridge-like bath around the kernels.
5. Fish out the cinnamon sticks and cloves. The pudding should be loose enough to pour slowly — it thickens as it cools.
6. Serve warm in bowls, dusted with ground cinnamon. Canjica is Festa Junina’s creamiest tradition, and a bowl of it fixes most bad days.

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