Fried Hominy Grits

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 5 cups boiling water
• 1 cup hominy grits
• 1/4 cup blanched sliced almonds
• bacon drippings or lard
• flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons water

Recipe

• 1 day before, add two teaspoons of salt to the boiling water and add the grits gradually, stirring constantly. cook over low heat, stirring frequently, thirty to forty minutes.
• 2 stir in the almonds and let mixture cool to warm.
• 3 pack the warm grits into straight sided iced tea glasses that have been rinsed out with cold water. chill overnight.
• 4 next day, loosen around the grits with a knife and allow to unmold. cut into 1/2 inch thick circles.
• 5 heat the bacon drippings or lard in a heavy iron skillet.
• 6 dip the circles in flour and then in the eggs combined with the remaining salt and two tablespoons water.
• 7 fry the circles in the hot fat until browned on both sides.
• 8 yield: about twenty circles, 5 servings.
• 9 heritage cook book.