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- From: oday@hplabs.uucp (Vicki O'Day)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Pozole
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- Date: 10 Oct 86 07:41:13 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE POZOLE M "19 Jun 86" 1986
- .RZ "POZOLE" "A simple New Mexican holiday stew"
- This stew is from New Mexico. It is
- traditionally served on special days, such as Christmas
- Eve or New Year's Eve.
- .IH "Serves 4\-4"
- .IG "3 lb" "pork shoulder" "1.5 kg"
- (or shoulder chops), with bones in
- .IG "29 oz" "white hominy" "850 g"
- (one can), with packing juice
- .IG "5\-6" "garlic cloves"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "chili powder" "30 ml"
- (or more to taste)
- .IG "2 tsp" "salt" "10 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Put the pork shoulder piece(s) in a large kettle. Don't bother
- to cut them up. Cover with cold water, about
- .AB "10 cups" "2.5 l" .
- .SK 2
- Slowly bring to a simmer, uncovered. As it simmers for the first
- 10 minutes or so, skim off any scum that rises to the surface.
- (It will stop appearing after this.)
- .SK 3
- Simmer, partially covered, for at least two hours. Don't let too
- much water boil away; just leave the lid a bit ajar so a small
- amount of steam can escape.
- .SK 4
- Remove from heat. Remove the pork pieces from the broth, and cut
- the meat from the bones. Discard the bones. Cut the meat in
- medium chunks (whatever size is appropriate for stew)
- and return it to the broth.
- .SK 5
- Crush or mince the garlic. Add the hominy with its juice, garlic,
- chili powder and salt to the pork and broth. Adjust the chili
- powder to your taste. The estimate here is for a mild store-bought
- unblended spice, and will produce a mild pozole. If you grind
- your own chiles, they may be hotter. If you use a blend of chili
- powder and other spices (which is not recommended), you will
- probably want to reduce the salt. Remember that chili powder
- becomes mellowed and less spicy as it cooks.
- .SK 6
- Return to heat, and simmer (partially covered as before) for
- another two hours. By this time, some of the meat will still
- be in chunks, and some will be shredded. Skim the grease from
- the top; there may be quite a bit. Check for salt before serving.
- (Don't try to add anything else at the end; chili powder and
- garlic need time to cook.)
- .NX
- I serve this with corn tortillas, wrapped in foil and warmed in the oven
- for ten or fifteen minutes.
- .PP
- An alternate way of cooking the stew is to simmer the pork for at least
- one hour, remove the bones and add the other ingredients as described
- above, and cook covered in a slow oven
- .TE "(275" "(135" )
- for several hours.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 1 hour preparation, 2 hours cooking.
- .I Precision:
- Approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Vicki O'Day
- Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
- hplabs!oday
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