I never did.
So finally, after all these years, I decided to make it myself.
The last time I was in the States I brought back some pozole, which are big, fat kernels of dried hominy that have been soaked in slaked lime to remove their hull and germ. I also picked up a couple of little cans of roasted, diced green chiles since fresh green chiles are often hard to come by here.
The soup called for both of my State-side purchases in addition to some boneless pork, onions, garlic and spices. Pozole was much simpler to make than I thought it would be, and the flavor was just as wonderful as I remembered!
Pozole
serves 6
1 lb pork shoulder, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 large onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
5 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
4 green chiles, roasted, peeled and diced or 1 small can (4 ounces) diced green chiles
1 jalapeno, seeded, and finely diced
2 tablespoons oil or lard
2 cups dried hominy
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 cups chicken stock
Soak dried hominy in lightly salted water overnight.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Sauté the onions and garlic for about two minutes then add the meat to the pan and stir it around for another minute.
Add enough water to cover the meat with a least 2 inches and stir in the soaked and drained hominy, the salt, cumin, oregano, cloves, jalapeno and chiles.
Bring to a boil then lower the heat and let simmer for 1 hour.
Remove the meat from the liquid. Remove excess fat and shred the meat into small pieces. Set aside.
Add chicken stock to replace liquid, if necessary. You'll want a brothy consistency.
Simmer for an additional hour.
Add the pork and simmer for an additional 20 minutes or until hominy is thoroughly cooked.
Salt to taste.
Traditionally Pozole is accompanied by slices of radish, lemons or limes, sliced onions and chopped lettuce. I added some sliced carrots and sliced chiles.
Now the question is, can I find more hominy in France? Anyone know?
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8 comments:
I want some French bread to go with mine--to sop up all that yummy soup.
French bread and tortillas!
WOW, you have Pozole? Yum. I have masa harina, trade ya? They eat that at Mexican weddings at midnight, neat tradition.
PS I made some dog cookies for you guys.
riana,
no, I HAD pozole! I used it all and we ate the soup for three days. It was FABULOUS! Sorry that I don't have more to trade.
You can bring some back when you go to NY in Feb.
My friend's mom used to make pozole every Christmas eve.
Speck and Tico say thanks! :)
Merde, I see the PAST tense now. You are screwed, you cant find it here. I don't know if New Yorkers will have it? Anyone know of a good real Mexican market in NYC or Long Island? I'll pick some up if I can find it.
Riana
I'll be getting some either in New Orleans or California in February. I'm sure you can find it in New York. I bought some last year in Spokane in a regular grocery store, and if they have it there, they have it in New York! :)
LouLou,
you can buy it from the http://www.coolchiletaqueria.co.uk/ I told you about, reasonably priced and they ship it pretty quickly from the UK!
There is a Bolivian version of Pozole - only made in Cochabamba, but was heavenly and eaten for breakfast with the hot pepper and squeezed lemons.
la dolce vita,
Thanks! I found the little flyer that you gave me tucked into my datebook last week and saw that they have pozole. It is great to know that I can get some!
We used to eat polenta with sugar sprinkled on it for breakfast.
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